During the coming years, Russia may begin deploying its own high-latitude space station, Kommersant newspaper wrote with reference to a source close to the administration of the Central Research Institute of Machine Engineering. The construction of the station in orbit, the newspaper wrote, is a key aspect of the project for the development of manned space exploration for the period up to 2050. At... 

Russia has drafted a program for colonization of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent lunar base in 2030, the Russian Izvestia daily said Thursday, citing an official document. “The moon is a space object for the future exploration by terrestrial civilization, and a geopolitical competition for the Moon’s natural resources may begin in the 21st century,” said... 

The crew members of Expedition 40/41 pose in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator in Star City, Russia. A number of US senators express concern that the widening diplomatic rift between Washington and Moscow could derail the US space program or even cause Russia to abandon American astronauts in space. Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee told NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Thursday... 

Russia has expressed its regrets over NASA’s decision to halt cooperation with its Russian counterpart. However, experts agree that the measure will affect NASA and mutual international work, but will not significantly harm Russia. “Well, this is a US decision,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday, commenting on NASA’s decision to suspend “the majority of its... 

A new report prepared by the Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) circulating in the Kremlin today states that Comet C/2012 S1 has made a number of “unexplained orbital adjustments” around the planet Mars seemingly to better align itself with the Red planets strange moon Phobos. According to this report, Comet C/2012 S1 was first discovered on 21 September 2012 by Russian amateur astronomers Vitali... 

Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track the celestial body and assess the risks it poses. ­The 300-meter-wide asteroid first made headlines in 2004, when NASA reported that it has 1 chance in 223 of impacting on our planet in 2029. It was even... 

An interesting report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) states that a test launching of a “massive” and “highly secretive” space-type aircraft by the US Navy sparked a panic in Washington State this past week after this crafts Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) / lithium Lorentz force accelerator (LiLFA) engines failed to properly ignite. Local... 

The next generation Angara rocket being assembled. Russian probes will visit Mars, Jupiter and Venus, while Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the surface of the Moon – all by 2030. At least according to the plans of the country’s space agency. Space Development Strategies up to 2030, the official blueprint that for the country’s space industry in the coming years, was submitted to the government... 

A grim report issued by General Director Vladimir Popovkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) on the “huge meteorite fireball” seen across nearly the entire length of Britain [photo 2nd left] this weekend past warns that this event is but a precursor to an expected hit upon Earth this coming December by a rogue asteroid currently barreling its way towards us. The rogue asteroid noted... 

The interdepartmental committee, which investigates the reasons of the breakdown of Russia’s Phobos Ground spacecraft, presented the basic version of the accident. Sources at the space industry told Interfax said that, most likely, the spacecraft did not enter the departure trajectory to Mars due to the influence of plasma formation in the magnetosphere of the Earth. Scientists doubt, though,... 

Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, named the main versions, which became the reasons for the failure of the nation’s Phobos Ground Mars exploration project. US officials stated that the US government was in no way connected with the breakdown of the spacecraft. However, the chairman of Roscosmos still believes that the Russian spacecraft could come out of order... 

Phobos-Grunt probe is doomed to fall Chances of reviving an unresponsive Russian space probe headed for a moon of the Red Planet are now virtually zero. Hopelessly off-course, it is apparently doomed to fall back to Earth, though it is not clear when or where. Fixing the Phobos-Grunt and putting it back on track is now impossible. The probe will not be able to carry out its mission – to land on Phobos...