Baikonur Cosmodrome
Apr 11 2008, Pooja

Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, and South Korean spaceflyer So-yeon Yi pulled in at the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, which docked with the outpost’s Earth-facing Pirs module at about 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 GMT). The...

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Baikonur Cosmodrome:

SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH — A Proton Breeze M rocket begins its climb into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome this morning, carrying the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite. After more than 9 hours, the satellite was released successfully into orbit. The launch, using...