Russia completes repairs on a damaged launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome crucial for its space program. The pad, damaged in November, has been restored. Meanwhile, European satellite operator SES ...

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 ...

For several years now, in discussing plans for its human spaceflight program beyond the International Space Station, Russian officials would proudly bring up the Russian Orbital Station, or ROS. The ...

There was a time when Russia and the United States were in a highly competitive race to the moon. But the 1960s came and went, with America emerging as the pioneer of space travel. The U.S. is still ...

Kazakhstan’s Dier-5 satellite launch with China highlights a pragmatic pivot toward faster and more reliable space partners. Persistent delays in Russia’s Soyuz-5 rocket threaten the long-standing ...

Russia has unveiled plans for the 2036 launch of its ambitious Venera-D mission to Venus. This mission, consisting of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

February 10, 2026: As of 2026 China has over 500 satellites in orbit. Russia has less than 200, and s0me 0f those may be defective. In terms of military satellites, Russia has 110, China 157 and the ...