Launch of new Russian space rocket aborted

Associated Press/Sun Herald ^ | June 27, 2014 | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

[WhiskeyX]

MOSCOW — The first launch of Russia's new space rocket after two decades of development was aborted Friday moments before its blastoff, as President Vladimir Putin was watching via live feed.

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Last month, the launch of Russia's Proton-M booster also ended in failure, and the same type of rocket also failed at launch last July, leading to the loss of three navigation satellites.

[WhiskeyX]

The loss of the Ukrainian engineers and manufacturing has had an impact upon the Russian space programs.

[Dick Bachert]

Those folks now aboard the ISS should begin to get just a tad worried.