Russia cracks down on spaceport mega-project mired in corruption, Guardian “The Kremlin has launched a crackdown over a spaceport project that was supposed to be the jewel of Russia’s space […]
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Roscosmos Plans To Keep ISS Flying With Imaginary Money
Roscosmos vows to keep ISS on orbit if NASA withdraws from the project, TASS “The Roscosmos state corporation will preserve the International Space Station (ISS) on the orbit even if […]
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Roscosmos Blames SpaceX For Being Successful (Update)
Russia’s passive-aggressive reaction to SpaceX may mask a deeper truth, Ars Technica “I would like to point out something else interesting–from one point of view this is a good thing, […]
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Rogozin Gets Scolded By Putin's No. 2
Russian space chief told to drop grandiose talk, get more done, Ars Technica “On Wednesday, the prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, expressed his displeasure with the situation. During a […]
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Roscosmos Claims That Bridenstine Will Meet Rogozin – In Russia
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 […]
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Did NASA Really Ask Roscosmos To Build A Lunar Soyuz?
"@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 […]
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Quasi-Official Russian Press Slightly Outraged Over Rogozin Thing
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 […]
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U.S. Cooperates With Frenemy Russia In Space. Why Not China Too?
Cooperation needed in space exploration, South China Morning Post “Quite a few countries have active space agencies, but none has been as successful as Nasa, which has, as the Star […]
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Waiting For Rogozin (Update)
‘Wow’: NASA startles with invitation to sanctioned Russian, Politico “It absolutely sends the wrong message to lift sanctions, even temporarily, for the purpose of inviting him to speak to students […]
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Vostochny Spaceport Has A Few Criminal Issues
Criminal cases opened into $150mln violations at Vostochny spaceport, TASS “Russia’s investigators have launched more than 140 criminal cases into violations during the construction of the Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s […]