The failure of the Soyuz 2-1b rocket launch recently has continued a depressing trend for the Kremlin, with 10 failed launches during the tenure of Dmitry Rogozin, the deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry. In a recent Kremlin meeting on the subject, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev…
Russia Opens Investigation Into Murder Of Roscosmos Official.
Russian media is reporting that the managing director of the Russian space agency Rosskosmos was arrested for embezzlement. While his alleged crimes date back on his days in the aircraft manufacturer MiG, it is hard to ignore the fact that this action comes on the heels on the failed flight…
Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian Cosmonaut and the first woman in space has declared that Russia will be the first nation to successfully land human beings on planet Mars, per the Russian news agency TASS. Ms. Tereshkova based her assertion on the fact that the United States is the sole world…
Two constellations of Russia’s CubeSat nanosatellites are planned to be orbited in the next two years for practicing their control and their communication with each other, Alexander Chernyavsky, an aide to the CEO of RKK Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (subsidiary of Roscosmos), told TASS on Wednesday. “In March-April 2017…
The First Satellite In Space Wasn’t From America…
NEOShield is a scientific research consortium of European nations as well as the United States and Russia. The Russian state news agency TASS reported today that Europe has asked Russia to develop the nuclear weapon portion of the research to deflect an incoming threat to the planet. The work will…