India Launches Rocket With 140 Satellite Breaking Russia’s 37-Satellite Rocket Launch

Medicine & Technology Feb 15, 2017

India is set to launch a rocket with 140 satellites. It will be breaking Russia’s 37-rocket launch in 2014.

Nations Are Now Flocking In On Antarctica

Jan 05, 2016

Russia and China have expanded their operations in Antarctica while other countries are setting up their own bases in the region.

Russia Proposes Nanotechnology In Stopping Climate Change

Dec 08, 2015

One of Russia's proposals in the Paris climate talks was taking advantage of nanotechnology in the production of top pollutant materials.

Tuberculosis Elimination By 2035 In Peril After Research Funding Crashes

Nov 29, 2015

Treatment Action Group states that the financial situation of tuberculosis research is crashing down year-by-year.

NATO's War Game In Its Biggest Military Exercise

Nov 06, 2015

The biggest war game in over a decade aims to shake, not just stir.

Around 30,000 Old Frozen Virus In Siberia Returns

Sep 11, 2015

Scientists announced that they are planning to reanimate and study a prehistoric 30,000-year old virus buried in the Siberian permafrost.

Carbon Trading Fails To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study

Aug 26, 2015

The amounts of carbon credits generated under the carbon tax scheme by Ukraine and Russia did not reflect cut in emissions, according to a new study.

Russia Restarts Progress Spacecraft on ISS After Failed First Attempt

May 18, 2015

The problems for Russia's space agency seem to continue. The Russian Space Agency said that after a failed first attempt to start the engines of the Progress spacecraft on the International Space Station, they managed to get them started on the second attempt to correct the orbit of the ISS.

Burning Up Over Siberia—Russian Rocket Disintegrates Along With Mexican Satellite

May 16, 2015

It seems Russia is experiencing even more trouble with their space program vehicles. A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite has malfunctioned causing it to burn up in the atmosphere over Siberia not long after launch, Russia's space agency said.

Progress Spacecraft Falling to Earth

May 07, 2015

The unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft that malfunctioned causing the Russian space program to lose control of the craft as it made its way to the International Space Station last week, will fall to Earth later this evening.

Will Russia Dismantle the ISS?

May 04, 2015

Since 1998, the International Space Station has stood has a symbol of global cooperation even at times when the participating countries weren't seeing eye to eye. It's 15 modules have been inhabited continuously since 2000 and over the years it has played host to almost 200 astronauts and cosmonauts from 15 different nations. However, despite countries extending support until 2024, this could all still come to an end.

Russia Tries to Contact Craft Bound for ISS

Apr 30, 2015

Russia is trying to determine what it is going to do after losing contact with the unmanned cargo craft on route to the International Space Station for a resupply mission. Currently the craft is spinning out of control, NASA said.

US and Russia Begin Planning the Next Space Station

Mar 29, 2015

While the United States and Russia relations may be at their lowest point in decades, the space agencies are working together better than they ever have before. NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos today announced plans to build a new space station for when the International Space Station is retired in 2024.

International Space Station Crewmembers Arrive, and Some Start With Tweets

Nov 24, 2014

Rounding out the crew of six, who have been short-staffed since the return of three members earlier this summer, three new replacements for Expedition 42 aboard the International Space Station arrived late Sunday, Nov. 23, bringing the orbiting space lab’s population back to full strength.

Should Mysterious Russian Satellite Be Cause for Concern?

Nov 20, 2014

Nearly 50 years ago, the world was in a similar climate as it is today. International affairs were rocky at best, and former enemies on the global stage took to space as they would a battlefield. Nations like the U.S. and Soviet Russia engaged in a war of attrition, one that luckily never led to actual battle; but rather led to a space race the United States won first.