Spaceflight 🚀Feb 14, 2023

#Russia's 🇷🇺 #SpaceProgram is but a whisper of its former self. And its invasion of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 may have relegated its #space legacy to the #history books 📖 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/russia-space-legacy-1.6435812

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ANALYSIS | Russia's space legacy is 'a shadow of its former self' — and Ukraine invasion isn't helping | CBC News

Russia was once the leader in space firsts. It had the first satellite, the first human in space, the first woman in space, the first probe to the moon and the first spacewalk. But where are they now?

CBC
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@spaceflight all the "greatness" of the ruzzian space program can be seen by another coolant leak on the soyuz
Feb 15, 2023 at 2:50pmWeb
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 15, 2023
@vatruha "These are the kinds of problems that one might expect from a space industry in Russia that is reliant on aging infrastructure, aging technology, and quality-control issues due to inadequate budgets" https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/another-russian-spacecraft-docked-to-the-space-station-is-leaking
Another Russian spacecraft docked to the space station is leaking

None of this will comfort NASA as it partners with Russia on the space station.

Ars Technica