Russia launches laboratory for space materials processing

MOSCOW - Russia's Federal Space Agency launched a Foton M space materials processing research laboratory on May 31 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 14,400-pound spacecraft is based on the proven design of manned Vostok capsules and unmanned Zenit photoreconnaissance satellites. The...

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