Near the airfield is a very big old antenna built for the Russian space programme in 1950s.

Just where in Kazakhstan is the Russian space launching base?

Korolyov, 40 minutes from Moscow, has long been a center of Russian space and defense research.

The panel was also told that Russian space and missile technologies were a full 12 to 20 months ahead of their American counterparts.

This year, budget politics again played havoc with the Russian Space Agency's plans.

And there have been interesting activities in Russian orbital space and on the Moon.

Epic film in two episodes, based on a true story of creation and development of Russian space and missile industry.

Mir was a Soviet, later Russian space station.

Delays in launching the service module were initially caused by the Russian Space Agency's not having enough money to finish it.

He became infamous for his false prediction of the Russian space station Mir falling on Paris in 1999.