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Russia set to resume manned spaceflight after failures
Nov 13, 2011 08:38 EST
Russia will on Monday launch three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures.
Analysis: Botched Mars mission shows Russian industry troubles
Nov 13, 2011 06:45 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's unsuccessful launch of a Mars moon probe points up the problems of a once-pioneering space industry struggling to recover after a generation of brain drain and crimped budgets.
Russia resumes manned spaceflight after failures
Nov 12, 2011 23:16 EST
Russia on Monday launches three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures.
Russia Mars probe considered lost: report
Nov 12, 2011 12:22 EST
Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday.
US-SCIENCE Summary
Nov 11, 2011 08:19 EST
Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life
Russia fails to revive stranded Mars probe
Nov 10, 2011 10:54 EST
Increasingly gloomy Russian scientists failed in repeated attempts on Thursday to give a vital boost to a pioneering Mars probe that got stuck in a low Earth orbit and now threatens to crash within days.
Russian probe fails to take route for Mars
Nov 09, 2011 10:46 EST
An unmanned Russian spacecraft on a mission to a Mars moon failed Wednesday to find the right course to the red planet, a potentially devastating blow to Moscow's hopes of resuming planetary exploration.
Russian craft embarks on voyage to Mars moon
Nov 08, 2011 16:05 EST
A Russian probe on Wednesday set off on a three year return mission to Mars that aims to bring the first sample of a Martian moon back to Earth and re-establish Moscow as a power in planetary exploration.
Russia aims for first conquest of Mars
Nov 07, 2011 12:05 EST
Russia on Wednesday launches a probe for Mars that aims to collect a chunk of a Martian moon and become Moscow's first successful planetary mission since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
U.S. astronaut eager for "sports car" space ride
Oct 24, 2011 12:31 EDT
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank said on Monday he was eager to fly Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, likening it to a sports car and NASA's space shuttle to a big truck.
Russian rocket deploys first Galileo satellites from Kourou
Oct 21, 2011 12:09 EDT
A Russian rocket on Friday deployed the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo geopositioning system after its maiden launch from the European space base, mission chiefs said.
Maiden launch of Soyuz with sat-nav payload delayed
Oct 20, 2011 09:10 EDT
Europe announced a 24-hour delay in the maiden launch Thursday of a Russian rocket laden with the first satellites in a rival scheme to America's GPS geopositioning system.
Russia blames scientists for rocket crashes
Oct 18, 2011 19:11 EDT
Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station (ISS) on negligence by the country's underpaid rocket scientists.
