Russia, US will continue space co-operation despite earthly tensions – Roscosmos head

Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 20:23 Roscosmos, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) all understand that if co-operation breaks down, it will seriously affect each other’s work, the head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency has said. “It’s very easy to make hasty decisions which would interrupt our co-operation. In many respects, we and our […]

Record-holding Russian cosmonaut to retire from Roscosmos space agency (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who holds the world record for cumulative days in space, has announced his voluntary resignation from the Russian cosmonaut corps. Padalka, 58, has already applied for step down and is expected to leave Russian Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut corps by April 28. The Cosmonauts’ Training Center (CTC) already confirmed receiving his […]