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U.S. Should Send Astronauts To Space Station By Trampoline: Russian Official
Facing sanctions from the United States government, a high-ranking Russian official took to Twitter today (April 29) to express his frustration,…
Echoes of Chelyabinsk: Another Fireball Explodes Over Russia
Why does Russia seem to get so many bright meteors? Well at 6.6 million square miles it's by far the…
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ISS, NASA and US National Security dependent on Russian & Ukrainian Rocketry Amidst Crimean Crisis
The International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit The sole way for every American and station partner astronaut to…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 334: Chelyabinsk
Around this time last year a space rock crashed into the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It brightened the skies for…
Russian Rocket Fails During Launch, Explodes After Liftoff
At 2:38 UTC Tuesday morning (local time) a Russian Proton-M heavy lift rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation/positioning satellites exploded shortly after…
Claims of Tunguska Meteorite Fragments “Ridiculous,” Scientist Says
Last week, Russian researcher Andrei Zlobin announced that stony fragments collected from a riverbed in 1988 are "probably Tunguska meteorites,"…
Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars…
Weekly Space Hangout, Feb. 15, 2013: Space Rocks Edition
We interrupt your regular Weekly Space Hangout with this extra special edition to cover to the two asteroid-related events: the…
Meteor Blast Rocks Russia
This just in: reports of bright meteors and loud explosions have been coming from Russia, with the incredible video above…
Russia’s Soyuz Spacecraft: 46 Years and Still Soaring High
In just a couple of days a Soyuz rocket will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn,…