OTD in space - January 20: 1st Progress cargo delivery mission launched

On January 20, 1978, the Soviet space program launched the first ever Progress cargo ship on a mission to delivery supplies ...
Ars Technica

Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry

The chief of Russia’s main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a “critical” condition and cannot continue in its present state. “The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...
Ars Technica

Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the number of Soyuz crew missions it is sending to the International Space Station, and a ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon, on May 14, 2024, in Washington, D.C. automation The United States has ...
The Hill

Russia is out of the human spaceflight business — for now

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Site 31 pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome Damaged After Latest Soyuz Launch

Russia's main launch facility for sending cosmonauts into space was damaged during the latest launch of a Soyuz capsule, prompting emergency repairs. The accident at the Baikonur cosmodrome will ...