Russia’s space program is facing a major crisis after a Soyuz rocket launch went wrong and caused severe damage to the country’s only certified launch pad for sending astronauts into space. The ...

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon, on May 14, 2024, in Washington, D.C. automation The United States has ...

For several years now, in discussing plans for its human spaceflight program beyond the International Space Station, Russian officials would proudly bring up the Russian Orbital Station, or ROS. The ...

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Site 31 pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher ...

Russia's main launch facility for sending cosmonauts into space was damaged during the latest launch of a Soyuz capsule, prompting emergency repairs. The accident at the Baikonur cosmodrome will ...

Kazakhstan’s Dier-5 satellite launch with China highlights a pragmatic pivot toward faster and more reliable space partners. Persistent delays in Russia’s Soyuz-5 rocket threaten the long-standing ...

There was a time when Russia and the United States were in a highly competitive race to the moon. But the 1960s came and went, with America emerging as the pioneer of space travel. The U.S. is still ...

Suspended above the Mediterranean Sea, Russia's Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft made its final approach to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 27, 2025, the same day it launched from Earth. Not only ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down through Earth’s atmosphere. But perhaps not all of the space station will be ...