Rogozin told on what conditions the United States handed over Sea Launch to Russia, RIA Novosti (auto translation) “The United States agreed to transfer Russian space rocket complex “Sea Launch” under the condition that it will not compete with the US company SpaceX Elon Musk , said General Director of ” Roscosmos ” Dmitry Rogozin. “Specific strict restrictions were introduced when signing this contract for the transfer of two Sea […]

Commerce Department Will Publish the First Military End User List Naming More Than 100 Chinese and Russian Companies “The MEU List informs exporters, reexporters, and transferors that a license will be required to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) designated items to listed entities. The U.S. Government has determined that these entities represent an unacceptable risk of use in or diversion to a ‘military end use’ or ‘military end user’ in […]

“Starting the year 2021, the Russian program”: Dmitry Rogozin – about when and with whom we will fly to the moon, kp.ru (autotranlsated) “For the United States this is now more of a political project. With the lunar project, we are witnessing the departure of our American partners from the principles of cooperation and mutual support that have developed with the ISS . They see their program not as international, […]

A big salary, luxury cars, and a new dacha–Russia’s space leader lives large, Ars Technica “A leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, recently turned his attention toward the country’s space program. In an entertaining 13-minute video not unlike those produced by “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, Navalny tackles corruption surrounding the construction of the Vostochny Spaceport in far-eastern Russia, as well as the apparently […]

NASA’s head confirms readiness to visit Russia, TASS “During the conversation, Dmitry Rogozin and Jim Bridenstine stressed that Roscosmos and NASA are committed to the goal of space exploration,” Roscosmos said. “They agreed to continue cooperating, both on the program of the International Space Station and Moon exploration projects, and on other missions of exploring outer space. Dmitry Rogozin invited NASA’s head to visit Russia and Baikonur [spaceport] in the […]

"@NASA is requesting Russia’s State Space Corporation @Roscosmos to develop the Soyuz spacecraft version for flights to the Moon, Roscosmos Chief Dmitry @Rogozin said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV Channel on Thursday." https://t.co/PYdNE2r128 Huh? What is this guy smoking? pic.twitter.com/IO8NBQdikm — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 11, 2019

NASA rescinds invitation to Russian space chief amid pressure from US lawmakers, RT “Cooperation in space is one of the very few areas where the US and Russia are still able to find common ground and have mutual interests, so the idea of the Russian space chief coming to the US does not sound completely unreasonable – but peddlers of the anti-Russian narrative in the US media and an array […]

White House Temporarily Lifts Sanctions on Russia’s Space Chief for U.S. Visit, Moscow Times “The White House has temporarily lifted an entry ban imposed on the head of Russia’s federal space agency to allow him to visit the United States, the head of NASA has said in an interview with Russian media. The U.S. banned entry to and froze the assets of ex-Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, along with other […]

New Head Of Roscosmos Is Under Formal U.S. Sanction, earlier post Issuance of a new Ukraine-related Executive Order; Ukraine-related Designations, U.S. Department of the Treasury: “ROGOZIN, Dmitry Olegovich (a.k.a. ROGOZIN, Dmitriy; a.k.a. ROGOZIN, Dmitry); DOB 21 Dec 1963; POB Moscow, Russia; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (individual) [UKRAINE2].” Executive Order 13660–Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, Federal Registry 10 March 2014: “I hereby […]

Putin appoints head of Roscosmos, TASS “Russian President Vladimir Putin has nominated former Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin to head the State Space Corporation Roscosmos. The meeting between Putin and Rogozin took place on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2018). “I will do everything possible and necessary to live up to your trust,” Rogozin told the Russian leader.” Issuance of a new Ukraine-related Executive Order; Ukraine-related Designations, […]