Workers broke ground this week on a new construction site at the European Space Agency’s new Soyuz launch base in French Guiana. Currently, Soyuz rockets only blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. But at the end of 2008, the rockets will roar from this facility as well. ESA chose to bring Soyuz rockets … Continue reading "Construction for the New Soyuz Launch Facility Begins"