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Russian space chief to meet NASA head for first time in eight years
"Dmitry Bakanov, head of the Roscosmos delegation, arrived in Houston to meet with NASA leadership. This is the first face-to ...
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A 50 Year Old Soviet Spacecraft is About to Land On Earth!
A mysterious Soviet-era spacecraft, launched nearly half a century ago, is now on a course back to Earth’s atmosphere. But this isn’t just space junk - experts are watching closely to find out what ...
A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human ...
OTD In Space - July 27: First Zero-G Cosmonaut Training On Soviet Jetliner
On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space.
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Russia’s Space Program Is Another Casualty of the War in Ukraine
To achieve its ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond, Russia needs other spacefaring nations as partners. But ...
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When India declined a Soviet offer of a space flight
As we celebrate the successful flight of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station and back, I ...
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5 Things to See at the National Air and Space Museum’s Newly Renovated Galleries
In 2018, t he National Air and Space Museum began renovating its facade and all 20 of its galleries—and on Monday, July 28, ...
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Soviet spacecraft plummeting back to Earth: What to know
NPR’s Here and Now interviewed John Crassidis about Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft that is expected to crash return to Earth this weekend after more than 50 years in orbit. “I wouldn't change ...
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Watch how an old Venus spacecraft tumbled before crashing to Earth
Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus crashed back to Earth over the weekend, German astronomers watched it tumble through space. As Kosmos 482 took its last laps, a German radar ...