Photo credit: mos.ru (CC BY 4.0) Russia will leave the International Space Station (ISS) project in two years, Interfax reports. According to the head of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov, the corresponding decision has already been made. He assured that Russia would fulfill all its obligations by...
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International Cosmonautics Day is celebrated on Tuesday, April 12, TASS reports. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made first manned flight into space on this day 61 years ago.
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The American Space Foundation faced crtisism for the decision to drop the name of the Soviet cosmonaut from its Yuri's Night auction parties, RIA Novosti reports.
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The results of the international Winter Aerospace School held by the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have been summed up, Aviaport reports. It brought together more than 250 people from leading universities in China.
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NASA has confirmed its readiness to host Russian cosmonauts at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center in Houston for pre-flight training. Earlier, the United States refused to issue a visa to Russian citizen Nikolai Chub, TASS reports.
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The state corporation Roscosmos has presented illustrations showing what the new Russian service station is going to look like in orbit, Gazeta.ru reports.
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Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub, who was preparing for a trip to the United States to train at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center, has been denied a US visa. The cosmonaut , whose flight to the International...
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A crew consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have safely returned from space to Earth, Roscosmos reports. The reentry module of Russia’s...
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The works of young artists from Zambia will decorate the Russian spacecraft that launches into orbit, RIA Novosti reports. Patients of the children's oncology department of the hospital in Lusaka will participate in the charity event. The...
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Space tourists from Japan Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yezo Hirano soared into space on Wednesday, December 8, RIA Novosti reports. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the morning. The commander of the crew, Alexander...
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Japanese space tourists studied the Russian language while preparing for the flight, TASS reports. On Wednesday, December 8, billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano will go into orbit on the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft.
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Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has begun training for a flight into space, TASS reports. She will become the first female representative of European Space Agency to take the place of commander on the ISS. According to the Minister of Trade and...
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The Conquerors of Space exhibition began working in Bucharest, TASS reports. Its opening was dedicated to two eventful dates at once: the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight into space and 40th anniversary of first Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru...
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The monument to the first cosmonaut of the planet has been installed in Nicaragua, RIA Novosti reports. The opening ceremony of the monument to Yuri Gagarin was timed to celebrate the anniversary of the...
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The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft safely landed with the film crew on board - actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko. They spent 12 days on the International Space Station (ISS) shooting the Challenge - the 1st movie to have been...
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Schoolchildren from Central America, the Dominican Republic and Paraguay have taken part in the traditional "Ask a Question to a Russian Cosmonaut" competition. It is held every year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation writes on...
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Work on the International Space Station (ISS) is in full swing, director Klim Shipenko said. The film crew got in touch with the ground control after the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft docked with the ISS the day before, on October 7, Moskva.ru...
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