Russia in space

The model of Venera-4 at the Cosmonautics Memorial Museum resembles a landing capsule re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Photo: ESA

The Cosmos 482 spacecraft crashed in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia.

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The spacecraft was designed to survive the dense atmosphere of Venus, so there was concern that it would burn up in the atmosphere and that if it had landed on land it could have caused severe damage. Fortunately, it landed in the sea.
A military satellite attacks another satellite with a laser. In the first step, the Russians build a laser that will blind satellites from the ground. Image: depositphotos.com

The Russians are building a laser that blinds satellites - an expert explains the technology

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If the Russian government is able to build the laser, it will be able to protect a large part of the country from observation by satellites with optical sensors. Technology also sets the stage for the more threatening possibility
A banner produced on the occasion of 20 consecutive years of manning the International Space Station in 2018. Photo: NASA

Power blocs in space: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth

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An expert in space law and international relations says that even the entry of commercial companies will not solve the problem because they are subject to the laws of the country in which they are registered
Anti-satellite weapon. Illustration: shutterstock

The US will stop testing anti-satellite weapons and demand that this become an international norm; China: developing systems to tow satellites

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US Vice President Kamala Harris announced this in a review before the Space Guard; more than 1,600 pieces are floating in space since the Russian test about six months ago, over 2,400 pieces are still floating after 15
A Soyuz spacecraft is approaching the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The head of the Russian space agency threatens: we will stop providing stabilization services to the International Space Station "from our side it will fall on the USA or Europe"

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Director of Roscosmos Dimitri Rogozin referred to the DMS-R facility used to navigate the station, although it was designed by the European Space Agency and integrated into the Russian component of the Zavezda space station * as well as the Progress cargo spacecraft
The director of Russia's manned space program, Yevgeny Mikri, died of corona. Photo: Roscosmos

The director of the manned space program at the Russian space agency died of corona

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Simulation of the Clipper spacecraft. Source: RSC Energia.

Kliper - the spaceship that didn't fly

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Astronaut Buzz Audlerin sets up a seismological experiment in the Pacific Ocean, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, June 20, 1969. Photo: NASA

46 years since the first landing on the moon, and in Russia they wonder where the film and soil samples have gone

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The first launch of the Angara launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 23/12/14. Photo: Russian Space Agency

Russia successfully carried out the first launch of a new launcher - Angara

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A retro poster featuring an astronaut and a spaceship from the Soviet era. Illustration: shutterstock

The Soviet space program 1959-1981

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A model of the Buran ferry in Gorky Park in Moscow. Photo: shutterstock

The Russian space shuttle Buran - a sad end. Why?

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The orbit of the asteroid Apophis (red) between the orbits of Earth and Venus. From Wikipedia

Russia has plans to launch spacecraft to Mars, Venus and the asteroid Apophis

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The lander of Luna-Globe, a Russian spacecraft planned to fly to the moon in 2016

The Russians are preparing to return to the moon

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The gecko experiment on the Photon M4 satellite during preparations for launch. From the website of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Russia, IMBP

Russia has lost control of an experimental satellite with geckos on it

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Moon colony. Illustration: shutterstock

Russia wants to establish a manned colony on the moon in 2030, the US wants to establish greenhouses on Mars in 2021

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Astronaut training. Illustration: shutterstock

Visualization of manned space flights 1974-1960

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Soviet stamp commemorating the mission of the Probe 5 spacecraft. Photo: withGod / Shutterstock.com

Probe spacecraft for lunar exploration in the mid-sixties

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The Luna 1 spacecraft. Image from the NASA archive

Luna spacecraft to the moon (A)

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The Salyut 6 space laboratory with a Soyuz spacecraft attached to it on one side and a Progress model supply spacecraft on the other. From Wikipedia

Soliot 6 - first part

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Diagram of the Salyut 4 space station. Image: from Wikipedia

Soliot 4 - more than three years of activity in space

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Stamp commemorating the Soyuz 16 spacecraft. Neveshkin Nikolay / Shutterstock.com

Soyuz 16 - in preparation for the Apollo Soyuz flight

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The threat of an asteroid impact on Earth. Illustration: shutterstock

Russia and the US will cooperate against threats from space

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Diagram of the Salyut 3 space laboratory. From Wikipedia

Soliot 3

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Rocks and mountains on the planet Venus. A view similar to the one where the landers of some of the Venera spacecraft landed. Image: shutterstock

Venus for the advanced - the Soviet flights to our neighbor in the solar system in the seventies

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A stamp issued in Mongolia in honor of the Waskhud 2 spacecraft. Photo: shutterstock

The cosmonauts who got stuck in the spaceship 48 hours after landing without being able to open the doors - on the Vashud program

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Mars exploration in Russia 1974-1962: successes and failures

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A Russian missile carrying three navigation satellites exploded during its launch in Baikonur early in the morning; The launch site was damaged

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Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman launched into space in a Vostok spacecraft on June 16, 1963. Photo: Russian space agency Roscosmos

The woman who defeated the USA - anniversary of the flight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space

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A Russian ballistic missile captured by cameras in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, on June 7, 2012, at 21:04 (Israel time). From YouTube

A Russian missile caused a flood of UFO reports

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Moon colony. Image: NASA

Newt Gingrich: A colony should be established on the moon

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The Soyuz launcher launched on December 23, and fell to the ground near Novosibirsk a few minutes later. Photo: Roscosmos

A Soyuz launcher crashed in Siberia after a launch malfunction on Friday

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The Phobos Grunt spacecraft lands on Phobos, at least in an early rendering by the Russian space agency

Mirror mirror in space, who is the biggest space power?

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The planned trajectory diagram of the Phobos spacecraft, stuck in low transit orbit. Illustration: Russian space agency Roscosmos

A race against the clock to save the Russian spacecraft Phobos before it crashes on Earth

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Space debris in low Earth orbit. Figure: European Space Agency ESA

Russia plans to "sweep" space

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Imaging of a launcher preparing for a Soyuz rocket at the Vostoncheny Space Center in eastern Russia

The construction of the Russian space center Vostochny is accelerated

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Russia may launch a spacecraft to intercept the Apophis asteroid

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new component in the International Space Station

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A record number of launches is expected from Russia in the coming year: 39

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Big Brother the Martian version

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

NASA and the Russian space agency met to discuss further Soyuz launches

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Soyuz manufacturer: We did not receive budgets for building new spacecraft. The stock will be enough for 2009

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A law that should soon pass through Congress will allow NASA to purchase space in the Soyuz

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The exploration of the moon - what was and where we stand now

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

500 days in space without leaving Earth

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Adrian Nikolaev, one of the first cosmonauts, passed away

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Review of the space program of the USSR and Russia - with the visit of cosmonaut Boris Volinov to Israel

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Is mars red?

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