Russia’s next space station is a study in contradictions: technically ambitious, geopolitically sharp edged, and financially precarious all at once. The plan to replace the aging International Space ...

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. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...

These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the number of Soyuz crew missions it is sending to the International Space Station, and a ...

Few observers expected Western sanctions to hit Russia’s space sector as hard—or as quickly—as they did in 2022. When access to critical electronics, components, and foreign contracts was cut off, the ...