September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... (then a fully-functional satellite owned by the US) was accidently struck by Cosmos-2251 (a defunct satellite owned by Russia) at a relative velocity of about 11.7 km/s, producing an impact energy equivalent to several tons of TNT. As a result, both...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... its partners are not likely to be the only ones in the neighbourhood, as other countries, such as China and Russia, are also planning lunar exploration programmes. A view of the full Gateway configuration with an approaching Orion spacecraft...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... nations could challenge US supremacy in space. It is true that the military threats to space have indeed increased as India, Russia, and China have all tested ASAT systems over this period. However, since 2010 it has become...
02 December 2014
Roscosmos plans deep space exploration
Russia is planning to recommence its uncrewed lunar sample return activities, ceased since the last lunar lander flown in ...
05 August 2015
Air Force and space command ‘merger’ creates Aerospace Forces in Russia
... the Russian armed forces. Shoigu is quoted as saying that the merger is the “optimal option” for streamlining Russia’s air and space defence. In the wake of the Ukraine crisis, sanctions, and worsening relations in the West...
28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
This was the second attempt to launch from the new, first-ever fully Russian cosmodrome. The first attempt, scheduled for April 27th, had been postponed a minute and a half prior to launch. According to Igor Komarov, head of Russian Roscosmos agency...
