Re-Entry: Soyuz Block I Stage from ISS Expedition 50 Crew Launch

The third stage of the Soyuz Rocket that helped boost the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft into orbit re-entered the atmosphere this wee, four days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and dispatching Oleg Novitskiy, Thomas Pesquet and Peggy Whitson into orbit for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 50 and 51.

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Re-Entry: Soyuz FG Rocket Stage from ISS Crew Launch

The third stage of the Soyuz Rocket that helped boost the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft into orbit re-entered the atmosphere this weekend, three days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and dispatching Anatoli Ivanishin, Takuya Onishi and Kate Rubins into orbit for a four-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

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Fiery Re-Entry of Soyuz Booster puts on Spectacular Show over Newfoundland

The spent rocket stage that delivered a crew of three to orbit earlier in the week put on a spectacular show for observers in North America when slamming into Earth’s atmosphere and breaking apart in a bright fireball moving silently across the night sky.

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