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Trying to sound impressive, Putin says Russia will resume lunar program

Enlarge / Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin (right) speaks to Russia President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during their visit at the Vostochny cosmodrome on Tuesday. (credit: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) To mark the 61st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic first spaceflight, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his country’s newest spaceport on […]

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After two weeks of war, the International Space Station flies on

Enlarge / Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin has been tweeting like he’s unhinged since Russia invaded Ukraine. (credit: Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images) It has now been half a month since Russia invaded Ukraine, setting into motion a set of consequences that have reverberated around the world. In the space domain, this has led to a […]

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Russia has given its space chief a series of huge raises

Enlarge / Roscosmos Head Dmitry Rogozin is seen before Russia-China talks at the Moscow Kremlin. (credit: Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images) Nearly four years have passed since Dmitry Rogozin became director general of Roscosmos, the state-run corporation that manages the country’s human and civil spaceflight programs, rocket production, and space technology development. Roscosmos is a […]

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Russia’s space chief wishes his oligarchs invested in space like Branson and Musk

Enlarge / Roscosmos Head Dmitry Rogozin gives a press briefing after the failure of the MS-11 mission. (credit: Alexei FilippovTASS via Getty Images) After Sir Richard Branson’s spaceflight this weekend, the particular leader of Russia’s main space corporation, Roscosmos, offered some kind words about the achievement on Twitter . Dmitry Rogozin called the flight a […]

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Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service

Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches five dozen Starlink satellites on August 18, 2020. (credit: SpaceX) Russia’s legislative body, the State Duma, is considering fines for individuals and companies in the country that use Western-based satellite Internet services. The proposed law seeks to prevent accessing the Internet by means of SpaceX’s Starlink service, OneWeb, […]