May 25, 2025: Roscosmos, the post-Soviet Russian space program, has proved to be less effective than its Soviet predecessor. The primary problems are incompetence and corruption. One glaring example ...

Suspended above the Mediterranean Sea, Russia's Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft made its final approach to the International Space ...

Russia's space program has taken a drubbing in recent years, its reputation battered by corruption scandals, shrinking ...

A Russian Soyuz rocket is raised on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 5, 2025. Launching three days later, it carried NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet ...

Explore the rise, fall, and future of Russia's space program. From its Soviet-era glory to modern-day struggles, we dive deep ...

The spaceport in Kazakhstan was built by the USSR and is the only way to the ISS BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- The landscape approaching Russia’s spaceport in Baikonur is otherworldly. The yellow steppe of ...

The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...

As president, Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for a U.S. rapprochement with Russia, in distinct contrast with the policies of previous administrations. On June 16, for instance, he ...