An artist’s concept of a Soviet spacecraft on the surface of Venus. A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

May 25, 2025: Roscosmos, the post-Soviet Russian space program, has proved to be less effective than its Soviet predecessor. The primary problems are incompetence and corruption. One glaring example ...

Russia's space program has taken a drubbing in recent years, its reputation battered by corruption scandals, shrinking ...

Explore the rise, fall, and future of Russia's space program. From its Soviet-era glory to modern-day struggles, we dive deep ...

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet ...

The spaceport in Kazakhstan was built by the USSR and is the only way to the ISS BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- The landscape approaching Russia’s spaceport in Baikonur is otherworldly. The yellow steppe of ...

Since the Site 31 pad is the only one operated by Roscosmos capable of launching both the crewed Soyuz rocket and the ...

Since pad 31 is the only one used by Roscosmos from which both the Soyuz and the Progress cargo ship can be launched, Russia ...

The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...