Russia’s Big Rocket

Russia launched its Angara A5 launch vehicle—its first post-Soviet rocket—on April 11. It was the rocket’s fourth flight, but the first from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region.

Russia launched its Angara A5 launch vehicle—its first post-Soviet rocket—on April 11. It was the rocket’s fourth flight, but the first from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region.