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Russia is evacuating a village that may be hit by falling rocket debris as it prepares for its first moon landing in almost 50 years
Ahead of Russia's launch of Luna-25, Shakhtinsky's villagers will be evacuated over concerns their …
Joshua Zitser
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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.
Russia's grand return to the moon ended with its robotic lander crashing and forming a crater. That…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The race to the moon is heating up as lunar resources could top $1 quadrillion in value
The head of Russia's space agency said "the race for the development of the natural resources of th…
Filip De Mott
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Russian space official predicts 'avalanche' of technical failures on the International Space Station after 2024
Russia is planning to ditch NASA on the International Space Station after 2024, citing future mass …
Azmi Haroun,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Russia says it is pulling out of the International Space Station from 2024, ending decades of collaboration with NASA
Russia will focus its efforts on building its own space station, Roscosmos director general Yuri Bo…
Marianne Guenot
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy mocks Russian claims of a drone-killing laser, saying the 'wonder weapon' is a sign Putin's war is a 'complete failure'
Russia claimed its new weapon could incinerate drones miles away in seconds. A senior US defense of…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia and NASA have been on edge for years. Threats to leave the International Space Station are no surprise.
NASA and Roscosmos still need each other, for now. But they've been preparing to part ways for year…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX will fly Russian cosmonauts to the ISS under new NASA deal with Russia's space agency
Under the NASA deal, cosmonaut Anna Kikina will be the first Russian to launch on SpaceX's Crew Dra…
Kate Duffy
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Vladimir Putin fires Russia's space chief Dmitry Rogozin, who trolled Elon Musk and astronaut Scott Kelly
The combative chief of Roscosmos was dismissed on Friday following an agreement between NASA and th…
Ryan Hogg
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Russia threatens to abandon the International Space Station and build its own
The ISS has been a symbol of international cooperation since the Cold War - but US-Russian relation…
Marianne Guenot
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Second mysterious interstellar space object to fly through our solar system has an official name
Now it officially has a name — 2I/Borisov. The 2I represents that it’s the second interstellar…
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NASA's Hubble space telescope just took incredible photos of a visiting comet from another star system
"New comets are always unpredictable," Max Mutchler, another member of the Hubble team, said in the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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There are 19 interstellar asteroids between Jupiter and Neptune — and even computers can’t predict where they are headed
Interstellar asteroids — asteroids from outside our solar system — may not be as rare as we once …
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A Harvard-led team is launching a new project to search for physical evidence of aliens and their technology
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is leading the Galileo Project, a program that will search for signs of ext…
Aylin Woodward
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Russia plans to build 100 of its next generation Armata tank
"It's important to remember that the Armata platform is still a prototype undergoing field trials a…
Daniel Brown
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Russia admits defeat on its 'stealth' F-35 killer by canceling mass production on the Su-57 fighter jet
Bronk said Russia must have looked at the program and realized that it didn't have the potential, e…
Alex Lockie
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A new image of a mysterious object careening toward our solar system strongly suggests it's the first comet from another star system
Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer in Crimea, first spotted C/2019 Q4 in the sky on August 30. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mosher
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Russia plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft that can travel from the moon to Jupiter
Russia is building a nuclear-powered 'space tug' that can transport heavy cargo in deep space. The …
Aria Bendix
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Russia has already ordered 2 battalions of next-generation T-14 Armata tanks - here's everything we know about the new platform
The T-14 and T-15 are part of Russia's new Armata universal chassis system, which serves as a platf…
Daniel Brown
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Russia wants to bring back a weird Soviet-era 'flying boat' to gain an edge in the Arctic, but it may never take off
In October last year, media reports indicated Russia's navy had its eyes on a 600-ton ekranoplan, c…