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The USSR's graffiti-covered space shuttle is so valuable, a Kazakh businessman wants the skull of a Kazakh folk hero in exchange for it.

Man Attempting to Trade Derelict USSR Space Shuttle for Human Skull

By Victor Tangermann

Russian actress Yulia Peresild just arrived at the International Space Station alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching early Tuesday morning.

International Space Station

Russian Actress Arrives at International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's space agency head Dmitry Rogozin butted heads with Ars Technica senior space reporter Eric Berger on Twitter again. Things got heated.

Russian Space Boss Mocked for Accusing Journalist of War Crimes

By Victor Tangermann

The owners of a rather shady-sounding Russian cryogenics company called KrioRus allegedly attempted to get away with several frozen bodies after a disagreement

Woman Accused of Stealing Cryogenically Preserved Human Bodies

By Victor Tangermann

Both the fire and smoke alarms were triggered early Thursday morning on board the Russian Zvezda module of the International Space Station.

Smoke Alarms Go Off, Fire Reported in Russian Segment of Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian official warned that much of the equipment in Russia's part of the International Space Station is expired, and "irreparable failures" may follow.

Russian Official: Space Station Damage May Be “Irreparable”

By Dan Robitzski

Russian cosmonauts stationed on board the ISS have discovered several new cracks in the wall of the aging outpost, warning that they could eventually widen.

Russia Says It’s Found Even More Cracks in the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, just reached out to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Twitter in the most cryptic and ominous way possible.

Russian Space Chief Issues Cryptic Invitation to Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy has shared an amazing video taken on board the ISS' latest addition, Russia's Multipurpose Laboratory Module or "Nauka."

International Space Station

Russian Cosmonaut Shares Incredible View From New ISS Module

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has backed up their astronaut after a state-owned Russian news agency claimed that she intentionally sabotaged them during a mental breakdown,.

NASA Defends Astronaut Accused by Russia of Space Sabotage

By Tony Ho Tran

Russia's recently docked Nauka module will eventually house a sizable greenhouse capable of growing a number of different plants.

Russia to Grow “Industrial Scale” Veggies in Space Station Greenhouse

By Victor Tangermann

Russian state-owned news service TASS is conducting a smear campaign presumably to help the country's space program save face after the Nauka incident.

Russia Claims NASA Astronaut Had Mental Breakdown in Space, Damaged Equipment to Go Home Early

By Victor Tangermann

Things are getting so bad for Boeing's development of its Starliner spacecraft, even Russia's space agency Roscosmos is offering to help out.

Russia Mocks Boeing, Offering to Fix Its Broken Starliner Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

After a Russian module fired its thrusters and sent the International Space Station rotating off course, a cosmonaut says not to worry.

International Space Station

Russia Says Don’t Worry, It’s No Big Deal That We Threw the ISS Into a Tailspin

By Dan Robitzski

Fox and Friends told its audience that a Russian jet was capable of doubling the speed of light. That, to be clear, is total nonsense.

The Geniuses at Fox News Said That a New Jet Flies at Twice the Speed of Light

By Dan Robitzski

Despite confirming it would abandon the International Space Station eventually, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos had one last contribution to make.

Russia’s Space Station Module Launch Was Filled With Drama

By Victor Tangermann

A subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency is proposing to send a nuclear power station to Mars to power a future Russian base.

Russia Proposes Nuclear Power Plant on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After investigating a ransomware attack that shut down about a quarter of the US beef supply, the FBI is pointing fingers at a major Russian hacking group.

Science & Energy

FBI Blames Russia Hackers for Shutting Down Much of US Beef Supply

By Dan Robitzski

A pair of Russian cosmonauts spent seven hours early Wednesday morning preparing a docking module of the International Space Station for dismemberment.

Russia Is Getting Ready to Chop an Entire Section Off the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that it is planning to send a nuclear-powered "space tug" capable of transporting heavy cargo in deep space, all the way to Jupiter in 2030.

Russia Wants to Send a Nuclear-Powered “Space Tug” to Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

Tom Cruise and SpaceX are reportedly partnering up to make a movie that would be the first feature film ever shot in space.

Russia Is Sending Its Own Actor to Space Before Tom Cruise

By Tony Ho Tran

Russia has begun vacuum testing its "Science" module intended to build out the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Quitting the ISS, But It’s Also Testing a New ISS Module

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is preparing to test launch its powerful new RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic nuke, which has been given the appropriate nickname "Satan II."

Russia Announces Plans to Test Nuclear Weapon Called “Satan II”

By Dan Robitzski

Authorities suspect that Kremlin operatives have used the deepfakes in order to gain information against Alexei Navalny's opposition movement.

Artificial Intelligence

Russia Accused of Using Deepfakes to Imitate Political Rivals

By Tony Ho Tran

The head of Russia's space program Dmitry Rogozin has confirmed that the country will pull out of the International Space Station after 20 years.

International Space Station

Russia Confirms That It’s Abandoning the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Russia just showed off the construction of the first base module of its space station, scheduled to be launched into orbit some time 2025.

Russia Shows Off First Module of Its Upcoming Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Russia may soon be abandoning the aging International Space Station — and focus on launching and populating its own space station instead.

International Space Station

Russia Is Reportedly Abandoning the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is planning to launch a mission to the Moon's south pole — and it's scheduled for launch this October, as Space.com reports.

Russia Is Planning a Moon Landing Later This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Vladimir Putin is reportedly terrified of far-fetched genetic weaponry, so security was his top priority when creating a national genetics research program.

Vladimir Putin Is Reportedly Terrified of Gene-Hacking Experiments

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian Army is setting up its first armed military unit that features killer robotic tanks, as state news agency TASS reports.

Russia Is Setting Up First Military Unit With Killer Robot Tanks

By Victor Tangermann

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their plans to develop a Moon base together -- and without NASA.

China and Russia Sign Deal to Build Research Base on Moon

By Jon Christian

Neuroscientists found that crows have conscious and subjective experiences, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence and human superiority.ogical constraints

Outbreak of New Bird Flu in Russia Alarms WHO

By Tony Ho Tran

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

By Dan Robitzski

Stray dogs with strangely bright blue fur have been spotted roaming the streets near an abandoned chemical plant in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk.

Science & Energy

Blue Dogs Discovered Near Abandoned Chemical Plant

By Victor Tangermann

After a food shipment for Russian space station crewmembers was delayed by two months, the American cohort split their rations.

On ISS, Americans Give Food to Russians After Delayed Shipment

By Dan Robitzski

According to Russian state-owned news, hired assassins are taking cryptocurrencies as payment for their crimes making them extremely difficult to track.

Russia Complains That Assassins Are Getting Paid in Cryptocurrencies

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian oil company Gazpromneft built a Bitcoin mining facility in its Siberian oil field to make use of energy from excess gases.

Russian Oil Company Builds Bitcoin Farm in Siberia

By Dan Robitzski

The massive, almost-certainly-Russian hack on the U.S. fedearl government compromised high-level networks used by the Treasury Department.

Science & Energy

Hackers Stole Top Officials’ Emails, Government Admits

By Dan Robitzski

A massive hack on U.S. infrastructure and federal agencies, likely perpetrated by Russia, targeted nuclear weapon facilities.

Science & Energy

Hackers Reportedly Targeted US Nuclear Weapons Facilities

By Dan Robitzski

According to US Space Command (USSC) officials, Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test, the third one this year alone.

Space Force Claims That Russia Just Tested an Anti-Satellite Missile

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft claims Russian and North Korean hackers are trying to get a hold of COVID-19 vaccine data using brute force attacks and phishing lures.

Microsoft Claims Russia and North Korea Hacked COVID Vaccine Data

By Victor Tangermann

US prosecutors have charged six Russian intelligence officers for being involved in several major cyberattacks, including disrupting the 2018 Olympic Games.

US Indicts Russia for Some of the Biggest Cyberattacks in Recent History

By Victor Tangermann

A Soyuz launched a NASA astronaut to the ISS, the last time NASA paid for an American astronaut to fly with the Russian space corporation, Roscosmos.

Russia Launches Final Soyuz With NASA Astronauts Aboard

By Victor Tangermann

There's Twitter drama unfolding at the Russian space agency Roscosmos, where former cosmonauts attacked the agency director who responded as a robot.

Science & Energy

Russian Cosmonauts Are Fighting a Robot on Twitter

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space corporation just unveiled plans for its "Amur rocket" — a design that has some striking similarities with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket

Elon Musk Just Dissed Russia’s New Reusable Rocket Design

By Victor Tangermann

Surfers in Kamchatka, Russia are reporting that the ocean water is leaving them with poisoning-like symptoms, including nausea, weakness, and high fever.

Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them

By Victor Tangermann

Cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who's heading to the International Space Station next month on a Soyuz rocket, says he would be nice to any aliens he met.

Space-Bound Cosmonaut: If I Meet Aliens, I Will Be Nice to Them

By Jon Christian

According to a statement by Russian space agency Roscosmos, Russia wants to become the first country in the world to shoot a movie in space.

Russia Wants to Be the First to Shoot a Movie In Space

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has officially declassified footage from 1961 of the biggest ever nuclear blast of the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, better known as Tsar Bomba.

Russia Declassifies Video of World’s Biggest Nuclear Blast

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian government is about to start a 40,000-person experiment on its COVID-19 vaccine, which is usually something that happens before they approve it.

40,000 Russians Are About to Get That Untested COVID-19 Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

Russia Says It Has Approved an Untested COVID Vaccine

Russia Says It Has Approved an Untested COVID Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

A second stage of a Russian rocket that launched a mysterious spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, burning up like a comet.

Texas Residents Spot Disintegrating Russian Rocket Booster in Sky

By Victor Tangermann

UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.

State-Backed Russian Hackers Are Targeting Coronavirus Vaccine Research

By Victor Tangermann

Russian space corporation Roscomosos chief Dmitry Rogozin had no kind words to spare about NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon.

Russian Space Chief “Not Interested” in Working With NASA on Missions to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

After Russia halted its orbital space tourism program in 2010, the country's space agency Roscosmos is planning to send two citizens to the ISS in 2023.

International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Sending Two Tourists to the International Space Station, Including a Spacewalk

By Victor Tangermann

A video of a Dubai policeman crashing a Russian-built hoverbike from an altitude of about 100 feet is going viral on social media.

Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Hoverbike-Riding Cop in Dubai Wipe Out Catastrophically

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Roscosmos. Fuming, the head of Russia's space agency aired his frustration in a lengthy column for Forbes Russia.

Russia Is Furious, Saying the US is Mocking Its Space Program

By Victor Tangermann

Moscow's virus-tracking app is extremely unreliable and is handing out thousands of arbitrary fines. Human rights groups called it an intrusion of privacy.

Is This the World’s Worst Virus-Tracking App?

By Victor Tangermann

"The trampoline is working," Musk said during a news conference on Saturday, a rebuttal to a jab by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin from 2014.

Elon Musk Just Absolutely Roasted the Russian Space Program

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon performed a training exercise last week in which it simulated a nuclear exchange with Russia, according to National Defense Magazine.

The Pentagon Just Simulated a Nuclear War With Russia

By Jon Christian

Russia's intelligence agency reportedly sent agents to insepct undersea internet cables around Dublin, a major tech hub, causing fears over wiretapping.

Science & Energy

Russian Intelligence Is Snooping Around Undersea Internet Cables

By Dan Robitzski

Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov is producing the first "vertical blockbuster movie," called "V2. Escape From Hell."

This “Blockbuster” Movie Will Be Shot Entirely in Vertical Video

By Victor Tangermann

Two mysterious Russian satellites are coming eerily close to a US spy satellite in Earth's orbit, something that has US generals on edge.

Space Force General: Russian Satellite Is “Unusual and Disturbing”

By Victor Tangermann

Russian YouTubers have converted an old VAZ 2109 angular hatchback into a knockoff Tesla Cybertruck, stainless steel "exoskeleton" and all.

Advanced Transport

You Can Now Buy a Knockoff Cybertruck for $10,800

By Victor Tangermann