Russian leader Vladimir Putin has set his ambitions on reaching Venus in ambitious plans for Russia's space programme ...

A routine space mission could turn into a historic ordeal. In May 1991, Sergei Krikalev blasted off for what was meant to be a standard five-month mission to the Mir space station. He was to perform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that work was underway to repair a damaged launch pad at the ...

Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian ...

Countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Nigeria and Cambodia — often hobbled by limited capital, creditworthiness issues and a dearth of technical expertise — seized these offers to “join the ...

These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the number of Soyuz crew missions it is sending to the International Space Station, and a ...

Engineers have repaired a badly damaged launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's space agency said, averting a potentially longer-term problem for supplying the International Space Station.

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that repair work had been completed at a damaged section of a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that is critical to ...