Head of Russian region named to transport ministry after space agency shakeup
Andrei Niktin was appointed Russia's deputy transport minister on Friday, replacing Dmitry Bakanov, who was moved on Thursday to lead the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
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Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine
A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...
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Russia First 2025 Launch Wraps Soyuz-2.1v Light Rocket Ops
Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country ...
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Cosmonauts Platonov, Artemyev to fly aboard US Crew Dragon spaceships to orbital outpost
In coming months, a Crew Dragon spacecraft will also deliver Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the orbital station, Russia’s State Space Corporation said ...
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Putin axes Yuri Borisov, head of Russia's space agency
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Yuri Borisov after 2.5 years in charge of the nation's space agency Roscosmos, ...
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The PZL-230 Skorpion was the Soviet Response to the A-10 Warthog
It should come as no surprise that the Eastern Bloc powers came up with their own aerial counterparts to the A-10. Though the Republic Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II, far better known by its unofficial ...
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The N-1: The Soviet Moon Rocket
The Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Saturn V was the N-1, a monstrous moon rocket that never made it off the ground. Rushed, ...