In Russia's Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches

In Russia's Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches

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https://apnews.com/article/russia-space-angara-launch-vostochny-rocket-test-2efeca4d3e9b2add42865bf6c6d3b0a6

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week.

The first attempt to launch the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport on Tuesday was canceled about two minutes before the scheduled liftoff due to a failure of the pressurization system of the oxidizer tank in the central block of the rocket.