The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7" family of boosters. The launch took place on Christmas Day when an R ...

The rocket in question was driven by a powerful Russian engine unlike any ever built in the States. Although this particular engine was new, the design dated back to the space age. By the early ...

TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos intends to place an order for R&D work on creating a parachute system for reusable space rocket stages. The Technodinamika Group (part of the ...

MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos is starting work to develop a medium carrier rocket with a methane propellant engine, Roscosmos said in a statement on Tuesday.

A Russian rocket has departed the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to deliver a new science module to the International space station (ISS). The 13m-long, 20-tonne Nauka laboratory will go on the ...

One project that is not moving forward is Russia's often discussed plans to build a super-heavy lift rocket. "Exploration of deep space, conducting scientific experiments and flying to distant ...

An “unexpected odor” is coming out of the Russian spacecraft that docked to the International Space Station last weekend ... after launching on a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday ...