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Tag:Soyuz

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A Soyuz rocket on its launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome — still Russia's primary crewed launch site, leased from Kazakhstan

analysisApril 17, 2026

Russia's Space Decline: From ISS Partner to Luna-25 Failure and What Comes Next (Part 2)

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.

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A replica of Sputnik 1, humanity's first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957

analysisApril 16, 2026

From Sputnik to Mir: The Rise of the Soviet-Russian Space Dominance (Part 1)

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, put the first human in orbit, did the first spacewalk, built the first space stations, and dominated space for 30

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