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Russia is preparing a Soyuz launch
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said on March 22 that its Soyuz spacecraft will leave its launch pad on June 5, six days later than expected, according to A…
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Russian military satellites are mysteriously missing
The Russian Space Agency said yesterday that a foreign power has made its military satellite disappear earlier this month.
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1/3 of Russians believe the Sun revolves around the Earth
One-third of Russians were asked to believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth, according to a recent survey by the Russian All-Russian Social Research Center (VSIOM…
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America's trump card in the space race with Russia
In order to defeat the Soviet Union in the space race 50 years ago, the United States trained chimpanzees to become astronauts.
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Southern Russia attracts UFOs
UFO began to appear in the sky of Elista city, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia (South Russia) in December last year (2010).
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Russia reopened space tourism in 2013
Russia will reopen flights for space tourists with the Soyuz train in 2013.
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Satellite launches failed in 2010
In 2010, some countries have encountered problems in launching satellites into space. However, these failures will not undermine the determination to explore ...
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Russia launched a new telecommunications satellite for Europe
The Russian proton-M rocket carrying KA-SAT satellite was launched in the early morning of December 27 from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan.
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Russia sacked officials to lose satellites
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on December 29 fired two officials from the space agency after the failed rocket launcher lost three satellites.
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China and Russia jointly explore Mars
Chinese and Russian spacecraft will take off in October this year to explore the red planet.
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2010: Russia launched the world's largest rocket launcher
In 2010, Russia retained the world's leading position in the number of space-carrying missiles, carrying out 31 launches, compared with 15 times the US and China.
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Soyuz trains on the launch pad
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on December 13 moved the Soyuz spacecraft into the launch pad, preparing for a flight into space, ...
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Russia discovered a new Comet
Ria Novosti, a news source from the Astronomical Bureau of the International Astronomical Union, said Russian astronomers for the first time in the last 20 years ...
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Russia launched a joint ship to bring 3 astronauts to ISS
This morning, December 16, from Baikonur Airport, Russia successfully launched the TMA-20 Combined Ship, bringing three astronauts to the International Space Station (IS…
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Russian spacecraft lost contact for several hours
The Russian control center lost contact with the ISS space station within the past few hours, but then resumed.