Roscosmos

The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos, is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research. Originating from the Soviet space program founded in the 1950s, Roscosmos emerged following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It initially began as the Russian Space Agency, which was established on 25 February 1992 and restructured in 1999 and 2004, as the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and the Federal Space Agency, respectively. In 2015, the Federal Space Agency was merged with the United Rocket and Space Corporation, a government corporation, to re-nationalize the Russian space industry, leading to Roscosmos in its current form. Roscosmos is headquartered in Moscow, with its main Mission Control Center in the nearby city of Korolyov, and the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center located in Star City in Moscow Oblast.

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Russia space chief backtracks on minimum date Roscosmos will leave ISS

ROSCOSMOS said that a NASA delegation has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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Dmitry Rogozin is no Longer the Head of Roscosmos

NASA, Russian space agency sign deal to share space station flights - Roscosmos

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Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter discussions

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Russias Roscosmos Needs Over $15Bln For New Spacecraft, Nuclear-Powered Space Tug

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Will Russia leave the International Space Station? Take Roscosmos chief's words with a grain of salt

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Russia's Roscosmos to cooperate with China in manned space flights

Roscosmos Looks to Make Space Tourist Training Even Shorter

NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Two Roscosmos Cosmonauts Returning to Earth Today

ESA has suspended joint Mars programme with Russian space agency Roscosmos

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Atlantis (STS-71) docking with Mir, 1995. Remember when Russia used to be cool? [Credit: Roscosmos & NASA]