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On Wednesday, the Russian space agency (commonly known as Roscosmos) streamed a 5-hour spacewalk on the exterior of the International Space Station. Dubbed Roscosmos Spacewalk 66, the event saw cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev perform necessary maintenance to the station.NASA’s summary says the walk primarily aimed to “install a …

NASA has recently been worried about a leak in the Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS), but the crew might be hoping to vent a little more air from the station. NASA says that a Russian cargo vessel docked to the Poisk module over the weekend carrying more …

A defunct Russian satellite broke up this week, sending a cloud of dangerous debris zipping around Earth. Skywatchers identified more than 100 pieces of space junk spreading out from the satellite’s former location, causing astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to shelter in various spacecraft, including the troubled Boeing …

When the news of Yahoo’s massive hack began to break last year — we can forgive you if you don’t remember which one that is, since there’ve been so many — the company attempted to perform damage control by claiming this was the work of foreign operatives. These claims were …

NASA is hoping to begin sending astronauts up to the International Space Station in the coming years with the aid of private space firms like SpaceX and Boeing. However, the agency is planning for the worst and securing an alternate means of transport. No, the Shuttle isn’t being brought out …

Ever since the DNC was hacked earlier this year, there’s been an ongoing tussle in the media over what the government knew, why it suspected the Russians, and what actions, if any, the Obama Administration would take in response. While some initial evidence of foreign involvement was presented by third-party …

Image copyright Alexei Navalny Image caption Mr Navalny spoke of the importance of a “clash of ideas” in the 2018 campaign One of the Kremlin’s most vocal critics, Alexei Navalny, has said he will stand for the Russian presidency in 2018. The activist and anti-corruption campaigner said those in power …

Image copyright AP Image caption Russian hacking group Fancy Bears has been linked to high-profile cyberattacks German politicians have warned that hackers and others acting for the Russian state could undermine Germany’s general elections next year. The German election is at risk from “outside manipulation”, said Wolfgang Bosbach, a senior …

Image copyright Alamy Image caption An earlier attempt to turn Eylau Castle into a hotel failed for financial reasons Prosecutors in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region are demanding that the local authorities restore Eylau Castle, a 14th Century fortress built by the Teutonic Knights but gutted in a major fire in 2014. The …

The future for one of the few remaining alternative mobile OS platforms, Jolla’s Sailfish OS, looks to be taking clearer shape. Today the Finnish company which develops and maintains the core code, with the aim of licensing it to others, announced Sailfish has achieved domestic certification in Russia for government and corporate …