Russia once led the space race. Today it launches fewer rockets than SpaceX alone. Inside Roscosmos's post-Soviet decline, Luna-25's crash, GLONASS, and the Amur reusable rocket gamble.
GPS has generated $1.4 trillion in US economic value using 31 satellites and atomic clocks at 20,200 km — here's how it works and why Galileo and BeiDou matter.