Space news
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August 21, 2026
Yesterday Ukraine's military intelligence service (DIU) reported that Russia had received ballistic missiles of the KN-30 type from North Korea for the first time. This involves … more...
August 20, 2026
It's the Mariana Trench, reaching 11,000 metres below sea level, recently surpassed by an artificial borehole in Russia…
August 17, 2026
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JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has sanctioned the head of a Roscosmos subsidiary developing a synthetic aperture radar satellite system for the Russian military. The sanctions are part of what…
Satellite imagery reveals growing launch infrastructure for Geran-family one-way attack drones, including the capability of launching heavier, higher-performing types. The post Russia Is Expanding…
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August 16, 2026
Keith’s note: I was on Deutsche Welle overnight with space security policy analyst Peter Hays talking about Ukraine’s attacks on Russian space facilities. [Video] The post NASAWatch on DW: Ukraine…
Keith’s note: Ukraine attacked Russian Space facilities. Given their dual civilian/military use they are likely to be hit again. At what point does Russia’s space efforts become affected i.e. its…
Russia is accelerating the deployment of its Rassvet low-orbit satellite constellation, an alternative to the US Starlink, aiming for nearly 300 satellites in orbit by 2027,…
August 13, 2026
Russia is producing more guided missiles than it has in years. According to Western intelligence sources, Moscow is now clearly exceeding its own production targets … more...
August 12, 2026
One of nature's greatest spectacles—a rare total solar eclipse—cast its shadow on Wednesday, briefly turning day into night in Russia's remote Arctic north and western Iceland before heading toward…
August 11, 2026
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The reality of modern asymmetric warfare has reached the farthest corners of the globe. Recent satellite imagery... The post Satellite Images Reveal…
Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an adviser to the President of Ukraine, has warned that Russia’s satellite network could enable drone control over Ukraine. Russia is accelerating The post Zelenskyy…
August 10, 2026
Somewhere in a Russian drone factory, an engineer looked at a satellite-jamming crisis that has cost the Kremlin countless drones and countless rubles, and solved it with the same tool Boy Scouts…
August 8, 2026
Taking LEO Off the Board: Russian Thinking About Anti-Satellite Warfare is authored by Aaron Stein, President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). “The Soviet Union and Russia have…
Over the past six weeks, Ukraine has faced heavy missile attacks from Russia — likely the heaviest since the war began. Unlike previous waves of attacks, the current…
August 7, 2026
The Raasvet project envisions more than 250 satellites, compared with the tens of thousands in Elon Musk's system.
August 6, 2026
A warrior's DNA, preserved in Siberian permafrost for four millennia, reveals an unbroken genetic thread connecting ancient violence to modern populations across the Russian Far East. The post A…
NASA and Roscosmos have agreed to continue exchanging seats between Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft, but that agreement does not yet extend to Starliner. The post NASA and Roscosmos continue seat…
August 4, 2026
The world's most popular spirit isn't what you think—and most drinkers have never heard of it. The post The world’s best-selling spirit brand is not a Scottish whisky, a Russian vodka or a Cuban rum…
AW | 2026 08 04 12:48 | INDUSTRY / AVIATION ORGANISMS Develops Test Trial Flight Russian-built aircraft The first Yakovlev MC-21-310 has completed its reinaugural flight as part of the…
August 3, 2026
Russia's commercial aviation development program has reached a major operational milestone in its…
Ilyushin is moving forward with the development of its new regional aircraft and is subjecting it to extreme conditions to ensure performance at high-temperature airports.
July 30, 2026
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30…
July 29, 2026
On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse…
July 27, 2026
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in a remote area near the…
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan…
American astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev landed safely on the Kazakh steppe on July 26 at 12:27 p.m. (…
After completing an eight-month scientific mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), the cosmonauts of Roscosmos Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikayev and the Nasa astronaut..
July 26, 2026
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, returned to Earth this morning after 8 months on the International Space Station. The three-man crew…
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and…
The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 3:02 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and…
