While Apollo 11 made history, the Soviet space program was quietly unraveling, hit by catastrophic rocket explosions, ...

A pilot in the Afghan Air Force, he was recruited for the Soviet space program. His 1988 flight took place as the Soviets ...

Russia has once again postponed the launch of its Soyuz-5 rocket, this time due to the need for additional testing. Russia’s rocket program, despite being positioned as a competitor to Elon Musk’s ...

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 ...

It’s difficult to know the true state of the Russian economy, both because the country’s financial reporting is sparse and because official figures are unreliable. But things probably aren’t great.

Russia has launched a rocket from Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the first time since it was damaged during a liftoff last November, video from Russia's Roscosmos space agency showed Sunday.

After several tests of unusual “nesting doll” satellites in low-Earth orbit, Russia is now fielding operational anti-satellite weapons with valuable US government satellites in their crosshairs, the ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down through Earth’s atmosphere. But perhaps not all of the space station will be ...

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 ...