Lift-off! Three space travellers launch on a Soyuz for the ISS

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Soyuz MS-18 rocket. The trio, who are part of the latest crew heading to the orbiting lab, launched from Earth at 08:42 BST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Mark Vande Hei, Soyuz Commander Oleg … Read more

Watch LIVE as three space travellers launch on a Soyuz for the ISS

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are launching for the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Soyuz MS-18 rocket. The trio are part of the latest crew heading to the orbiting lab and they are due to launch from Earth at 08:42 BST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Mark Vande Hel, … Read more

British firm OneWeb will launch another 36 broadband satellites on a Soyuz rocket

British firm OneWeb is launching the first batch of broadband satellites into orbit since surviving bankruptcy in a bid to take on SpaceX’s Starlink network. Now jointly owned by Indian conglomerate Bharti Global and the UK government, OneWeb will launch 36 satellites at 12:26 GMT from Russia on a Soyuz rocket.  The firm has a … Read more