Could one failure in the engineering realm halt the entire space program in the entire nation? This was starkly answered on November 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Just ...

Russia has once again postponed the launch of its Soyuz-5 rocket, this time due to the need for additional testing. Russia’s rocket program, despite being positioned as a competitor to Elon Musk’s ...

Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Russian cosmonaut was removed from the upcoming NASA and SpaceX Crew-12 mission. Russia's space agency did not give a reason, but reports suggest a national security violation. The Crew-12 mission ...

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 ...

The incident could strain Roscosmos’s partnership with NASA as the agency finds itself more reliant on the U.S. than ever. Reading time 2 minutes Russia’s International Space Station program is having ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down through Earth’s atmosphere. But perhaps not all of the space station will be ...