Russia

Ah… Russia. The former Soviet Union used to keep America on its toes with its rival space program. These days, even with the current state of NASA, it’s a little sad to see how far Russia has fallen. Even still, they have had many achievements in space that deserve to be remembered.

Blog: Phobos-Grunt Burnt Up, Russia Must Hate Mars

Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mars probe de-orbited into the South Pacific on Sunday, bringing Russia’s score card against Mars to 4 and 15. One wonders how much longer the former super power is going to have patience for the red planet after this.

 
By Colin Andrew Ferm January 19, 2012 Tags: , , ,
Blog: Russia Had A Space Shuttle, Too

Through one of those weird connections the Internet makes, I stumbled upon the awesome, if not disturbing discovery that the Soviet Union had built a shuttle, too. And it did some things the American one didn’t.

 
By Colin Andrew Ferm December 14, 2011 Tags: , ,

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