Rocket crashes and burns after blast-off 00:23. A Russian Proton rocket carrying three navigation satellites veered wildly out of control seconds after liftoff Tuesday mornig, cartwheeled above ...

Early Tuesday morning local time, at 02:38 UTC on July 2, an uncrewed Russian Proton M rocket crashed and exploded just seconds after takeoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport in Kazakhstan.

A Proton-M rocket, carrying a Nimiq 6 communication satellite is raised to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome, on May 14, 2012. Photo by STR/AFP/GettyImages.

The heavy-lift Proton-M rocket equipped with a Breeze-M upper stage launched the Express 80 and Express 103 communications satellites into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

A Russian-made Proton rocket did its job on Monday, successfully blasting off and embarking upon a journey to Mars. Launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the rocket is part ...

new ViaSat-1 satellite is currently scheduled to launch in late September on a Proton rocket, and given the need to perform an investigation in the exact cause of the rocket's failure and ensure ...

Russian rocket builder may have replaced special alloys with cheap metals Implications for NASA, which relies on Russia for crew transport, remain unclear. Eric Berger – Jan 26, 2017 10:52 am | 145 ...

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface interactions," according to NASA. Credit: Patrick Moran, NASA Ames ...

The Angara A5 rocket is supposed to replace Russia's Proton launch vehicle, which uses toxic propellant and only launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Angara's launch pads are on ...

A Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned and burnt up over Siberia minutes after launch on Saturday, the latest in a series of mishaps for Russia's space industry. The ...

Russia's workhorse Proton rocket, known at the time under its UR-500 code, made its first test flights in the mid-1960s. It was originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile to ...

In this natural-colour image taken yesterday, we can see the volcanic plume moving south-easterly from southern Iceland. It blows past the Faroe Islands and arcs slightly towards the north near ...