Russia Quietly Changed Its Space Station Plans. Here's What That Means The proposed Russian Orbital Station will stick to a familiar path instead of an ambitious polar orbit

In 1957, Laika, a Moscow stray, became the first dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2. Her mission aimed to study spaceflight effects on living beings. Laika tragically died within hours due to overheating and stress.

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.

Dmitry Bakanov, general director of the Russian Space Agency, recently announced a bold new policy. Over the next five years, Russia will try to create an "analogue of Starlink" by launching 292 new satellites. The project (named "Rassvet" – Russian for ...

MOSCOW — A U.S.-Russian crew of three began a mission to the International Space Station aboard a Russian spacecraft following a successful launch Thursday. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off at 2:27 p.m. (9:27 a.m. GMT) from the Russia-leased Baikonur ...

Manturov said Baikonur will also serve for launches of the crewed Soyuz ROS ships. But he noted that Progress ROS cargo vehicles—as well as future crewed spacecraft, the station core and specialized modules—will be orbited from Vostochny.

One of Russia’s most important projects over the last 15 years has been the construction of the Vostochny spaceport as the country seeks to fly its rockets from native soil and modernize its launch operations. However, the initiative has been a fiasco ...

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MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S.-Russian crew of three began a mission to the International Space Station aboard a Russian spacecraft following a successful launch Thursday. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off at 2:27 p.m. from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch ...

This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on July 13, 2023, shows the Luna-25 rover installed by technicians at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia. automation MOSCOW -- An uncrewed Russian spacecraft spun out of control ...

Russia’s once-dominant space program has reached a new low point, with orbital launches falling to a level not seen since the early 1960s. According to a report by The Moscow Times, citing Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos conducted just 17 launches in 2025—the same number as in 2024.