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Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy

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Russian space program reaches 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7" family of boosters.

The first R-7 vehicle flew in 1957 and was the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile.

The most commonly flown variant of the Semyorka rocket is the Soyuz -U variant, which flew 788 missions from 1973 to 2017 .

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