Russian Soyuz successfully launches three astronauts
A Russian Soyuz rocket today successfully launched three astronauts on a mission to ISS, less than two months after an early launch had resulted in a launch abort.
Hopefully by the end of 2019 American astronauts will no longer have to rely on Russian rockets for their access to space.
The leaders in the 2018 launch race:
33 China
18 SpaceX
13 Russia
9 Europe (Arianespace)
8 ULA
China remains ahead of the U.S. in the national rankings, 33 to 30.
All these numbers will change repeatedly in the next few days, as their are a number of launches scheduled, including a SpaceX launch later today, when they will attempt, for the first time, to reuse a first stage for the third time.
A Russian Soyuz rocket today successfully launched three astronauts on a mission to ISS, less than two months after an early launch had resulted in a launch abort.
Hopefully by the end of 2019 American astronauts will no longer have to rely on Russian rockets for their access to space.
The leaders in the 2018 launch race:
33 China
18 SpaceX
13 Russia
9 Europe (Arianespace)
8 ULA
China remains ahead of the U.S. in the national rankings, 33 to 30.
All these numbers will change repeatedly in the next few days, as their are a number of launches scheduled, including a SpaceX launch later today, when they will attempt, for the first time, to reuse a first stage for the third time.