The chief of Russia’s main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a […]
Category: Russia
With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency
This partnership held together after the breakup of the Soviet Union, but all cooperation ended after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
The curious case of Russia’s charm offensive with NASA this week
Although NASA and its counterpart in Russia, Roscosmos, continue to work together on a daily basis, the leaders of the […]
Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassies
Once behind the captive portal, the page initiates the Windows Test Connectivity Status Indicator, a legitimate service that determines whether […]
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according […]
Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned
“We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the ‘red order of battle.’” Col. Raj Agrawal participates in […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad
United Launch Alliance begins stacking its third Vulcan rocket for the second time. Visitors walk by models of a Long […]
It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
“Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary.” In this pool photograph distributed by the […]
A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days […]
New Android spyware is targeting Russian military personnel on the front lines
Russian military personnel are being targeted with recently discovered Android malware that steals their contacts and tracks their location. The […]