Putin was quoted by the Russian state media news source TASS on Tuesday (April 12), which was “Cosmonautics Day” in Russia. The annual celebration honors the launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who...
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By touching down in the landing zone – roughly 400km (250 miles) to the north-east of Russian space launch facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan – Vande Hei surpasses Nasa’s previous record for the longest...
U.K. Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced the new space export sanctions on Russia last Wednesday (March 9) alongside deeper sanctions related to aviation, including new powers to detain Russian aircraft. The space-related...
A new satellite view of the 40-mile-long (64 kilometers) Russian invasion convoy headed for the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv shows just how huge the assemblage of tanks and artillery haulers really is. The following satellite...
Russia’s space agency has refused to launch OneWeb internet satellites unless the company provides assurances they won’t be used for military purposes and the UK sells its stake in OneWeb. Roscosmos was...

Russian space program chief says US sanctions could ‘destroy’ International Space Station partnership
The head of Russia’s space agency warned Thursday (Feb. 24) that new sanctions imposed on his country could have dire consequences for the International Space Station program. “Do you want to destroy our...