The launch of Angara-A5 heavy booster at Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 23, 2014 in Arkhangelsk Region, Russia. Russia says it is planning to build a permanent manned base on the moon in 2030 while the US has set its sights on Mars, the most habitable planet in our solar system after earth. The European country is hoping to launch a lunar probe in 2024 to examine colony locations before its goes ahead... 

Yars ICBM launch. The new secret missile improves its design. The Russian military have successfully launched a top secret advanced intercontinental ballistic missile. It is designed to counter the American antimissile shield currently being deployed in several regions. ­The new weapon is an advanced version of the Topol-M and Yars missiles, already deployed by the Russian Strategic Missile Forces....