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fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station

Russia will continue operating the aging ISS core, inheriting microbial contamination risks, heavy maintenance burdens, and limited research capacity without modern orbital replacements.
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

Russia's access to global markets dried up after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The fallout from the invasion killed several key space partnership between Russia and Europe. Russia's capacity to do new things in space seems to be focused on military programs like anti-satellite weapons.
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