YURI BORISOV

A persistent conspiracy theory in the US claims the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was faked, suggesting NASA staged photos and videos. Russian scientist Yury Borisov, head of Roscosmos, confirmed the authenticity of lunar soil samples provided by the ...

Russia aims to establish the core of its new orbital space station by 2030, according to its space agency, Roscosmos. The agency's head, Yuri Borisov, approved the timeline, which includes launching an initial scientific and energy module in 2027 an...

Marina Vasilevskaya, Belarus' first female cosmonaut, successfully launched to the International Space Station from Baikonur in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The mission overcame delays, with the ISS facing coolant leaks and uncertai...

“Not only Indian cosmonauts are getting trained in Russia, experts from Moscow's space enterprise are helping develop manned spacecraft and engaging in wide-ranging dialogues to boost Delhi's adventure to the stars,” Yuri Borisov, director general o...

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, according to Yuri Borisov, head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos. Borisov said that solar panels would not provide enough electricity to power future lunar se...

The head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency said Friday that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will make Russia's enemies "think twice." Agency head Yuri Borisov said Sarm...

The destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon over the weekend, reflects the endemic problems that have dogged the Russian space industry since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Those include the loss ...

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft adjusted its orbit on Friday as it prepared to attempt the first landing near the south pole of the moon, space agency Roscosmos said. "Today at 09:20 Moscow time (0620 GMT), the propulsion system of the automatic station...

The International Space Station had been a rare area of cooperation between the United States and Russia even as diplomatic ties worsened.But since Russia invaded Ukraine in February and subjected to a barrage of Western sanctions, it has become mor...

The private American competitor to Europe's Arianespace has emerged as a key contender to plug a temporary gap alongside Japan and India, but final decisions depend on the still unresolved timetable for Europe's delayed Ariane 6 rocket.

NASA and its partners hope to continue operating the 24-year-old International Space Station until 2030, and the Russian announcement threw that plan into doubt. Speaking on Friday in televised remarks, Borisov said Russia will start the process of ...

The announcement comes as tensions rage between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine and several rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia.

Russia's space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost. Yuri Borisov said during Tuesday's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that Russia will fulfi...

Putin replaced Rogozin with Yuri Borisov, a deputy prime minister who was in charge of weapons industries. Borisov's duties were handed over to Denis Manturov, the minister of industry and trade who was also given the rank of a deputy prime minister.

Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister in charge of military development, told a conference in Moscow that Peresvet was already being widely deployed and it could blind satellites up to 1,500 km above Earth.

Moscow took a first step this week towards keeping its commercial fleet flying by allowing its airlines to re-register leased planes in Russia, giving local authorities direct control over the certificates of airworthiness needed for each jet.

“Beyond a doubt, once we deliver this system to our troops, India will be the first on the list, if it expresses its desire to buy these advanced armaments,” Borisov told Russian RuRBC TV Channel recently, on being asked whether India would be the f...

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the fist module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering pulling out of the ISS, one of the few successful examples of cooperation with the West.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met with the Deputy Prime Minister of in Moscow and the Russian government assured him that ongoing defence contracts will not just be maintained but will be executed soon. Addressing a press conference in M...