Vladimir Putin dissolved Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency, Engadget “With the flourish of a pen earlier today, Russian president Vladimir Putin officially put an end to Roscosmos, the country’s federal space agency. That decree capped off over a year’s worth of organizational despair as the agency saw its ten-year budget cut (again), the loss of a handful of spacecraft and the misuse of over 92 billion rubles (or $1.8 billion) […]

There is a markup session tomorrow at 12:00 pm EDT with the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Markup. It certainly looks like Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) is trying to slip in language that would allow more Russian-built RD-180 engines to be purchased using tax dollars at the same time when Rogers is (otherwise) actively promoting policies that would punish the exact same sector of Russia’s economy for […]

Reader note:“This screen capture from today’s Space Station Live shows the ISS crew during this morning’s call by Vladimir Putin to the ISS. Only Mastracchio & Swanson don’t wear audio headsets. Is it some kind of sanction against Russia?” Marc’s note: The answer is no. There are only four places to plug in comm sets in the service module. Thanks to an astute reader for reminding us and everyone about […]