Russians reveal new spacecraft
The Russians unveiled today a new proposed replacement for their Soyuz capsule, capable of carrying six astronauts into orbit. Interestingly, the design does not use parachutes to land, but solid rocket engines.
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Robbery at Russian space center
The wild west — in Russia! Bandits broke into Khrunichev space center in Moscow yesterday, stealing money and jewelry worth 300,000 rubles.
The British sign space deal with Russians
The British are coming! Today the recently formed UK Space Agency signed deals of cooperation with both the Russians and NASA.
Russia to build new spaceport
Russia is planning a new spaceport, in its far eastern Amur region near the border with China, to supplement the Baikonur spaceport located in Kazakhstan.
Problems on ISS
Equipment problems on the U.S. portion of ISS, and it takes the Russians to tell us.