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Moscow to QUIT International Space Station in 2025 unless Washington lifts restrictive sanctions, says Russian space boss

Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021By Editor

Moscow will withdraw from the International Space Station project in 2025 if Washington continues to impose sanctions against the Russian space sector, with the country now making significant plans to explore space without the US. … Read More >Moscow to QUIT International Space Station in 2025 unless Washington lifts restrictive sanctions, says Russian space boss

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‘Great working relationship’ will allow Russia & US to travel ‘further out into space together,’ senior NASA official tells RT

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021By Editor

Despite their disagreements on Earth, Moscow and Washington enjoy friendly relations in outer space and their continued cooperation will help advance human exploration of the cosmos, a NASA administrator told RT. … Read More >‘Great working relationship’ will allow Russia & US to travel ‘further out into space together,’ senior NASA official tells RT

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Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021By Editor

A Russian-made Soyuz rocket has lifted off from a cosmodrome in the Kazakh desert. It will now carry its crew – two Russians and one American – to the International Space Station, orbiting more than 400km above the Earth. … Read More >Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

Russian cosmonaut shows how Suez Canal looks from International Space Station (PHOTOS)

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov has posted photos showing how the giant container ship, Ever Given, blocking the Suez Canal looks from space. Traffic on the canal has been shut down for more than five days. … Read More >Russian cosmonaut shows how Suez Canal looks from International Space Station (PHOTOS)

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American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

After the US bought a seat on a Russian spacecraft to send a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station, the chief of Russia’s Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin claimed that American spaceflight is still “unstable.” … Read More >American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief

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Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021By Editor

Russia’s Progress MS-16 robotic spacecraft has been launched on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The voyage will end with the de-orbiting of one of the compartments on the iconic celestial facility. … Read More >Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

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Symbolic moment as Russian cosmonauts get jabs of Sputnik V – named for first space satellite – ahead of latest ISS mission

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

Cosmonauts traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) in April have been inoculated against Covid-19 with the Sputnik V vaccine, named after the world’s first artificial Earth satellite, which was launched by the USSR. … Read More >Symbolic moment as Russian cosmonauts get jabs of Sputnik V – named for first space satellite – ahead of latest ISS mission

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Hollywood, but with more stars: Russia set to make movie IN SPACE – as long as actors get private funding to go into orbit

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

The International Space Station could become the world’s first sky-high movie studio if Russia’s deputy prime minister gets his way. … Read More >Hollywood, but with more stars: Russia set to make movie IN SPACE – as long as actors get private funding to go into orbit

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Russia’s space agency chief Rogozin hits out at ‘stupid’ US sanctions that even target ISS mission control center

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

The head of Roscosmos has revealed that he appealed to his counterpart at NASA after discovering that sanctions were to be introduced against Russia’s space agency in a package of measures against companies with military links. … Read More >Russia’s space agency chief Rogozin hits out at ‘stupid’ US sanctions that even target ISS mission control center

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Cosmonauts to intensify search for leak on ageing International Space Station amid concerns over DEPLETING oxygen reserves

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020By Editor

Mission control has asked cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to find the source of a leak from Russia’s Zvezda module on the facility, warning that the craft has been losing its reserve supply of oxygen. … Read More >Cosmonauts to intensify search for leak on ageing International Space Station amid concerns over DEPLETING oxygen reserves