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Putin axes Yuri Borisov, head of Russia's space agency
Vladimir Putin has dismissed Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov, who led the Russian space agency for a turbulent 2.5-year stretch.
Putin Fires Head of Space Agency Amid Nuclear Missile Failures
Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Roscosmos in a move which follows a series of setbacks for Russia's space agency ...
The Straits Times6d
Putin replaces head of Russian space agency in surprise move
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin removed on Feb 6 the head of Russia’s space agency after a tenure of less than three years that was scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia’s ...
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Head of Russian Space Program Mysteriously Axed
The second chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos has been sacked in just two and a half years. Russia's space ...
Hindustan Times6d
Kremlin replaces Russian space boss after tenure scarred by failed moonshot
Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space in 1961 ... but pulled out in 2018 after the FSB intelligence agency said it was a threat to national security.
Reuters6d
Head of Russian region named to transport ministry after space agency shakeup
MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Andrei Niktin was appointed Russia's deputy transport minister on Friday, replacing Dmitry Bakanov, who was moved on Thursday to lead the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
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Furious Putin fires Russian Space Agency boss after 'catastrophic' launch failures
Yury Borisov, 68, who was a former deputy premier and close ally of the Russian president, was fired as head of the space ...
Advanced Television3d
Putin fires Russia’s space agency boss
On February 6th, the Head of Russian Space Agency Roskosmos, Yuri Borisov, was dismissed from his position after just two and a half years years in the post, and the former Deputy Minister of ...
Newsweek4d
Putin Fires Head of Space Agency Amid Nuclear Missile Failures
Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French ... series of setbacks for Russia's space agency during his time in charge.
Daily Express5d
Russia's insane plan to send giant mirror into space 'to light up Siberia'
the Russian space agency, Syromiatnikov started work on the solar mirror, dubbed Znamya, or "the banner". On October 27, 1992, the solar mirror was carried by the crewless Progress M-15 spacecraft ...
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Putin's Satan-2 nuclear missile is an 'absolute failure' - despite Vladimir insisting the 14-storey-high weapon is 'unstoppable'
Yury Borisov, 68, an ex-deputy premier, was summarily dismissed last week as head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, without being given a new job. Now there is speculation he may face ...
The Sun3d
Putin’s Satan 2 supernuke is ‘absolute failure’ after blowing up on launchpad – despite Vlad’s brag it is ‘unstoppable’
Putin has sacked the boss of Russian space agency Roscosmos after the killer weapon blew up on a launchpad before even taking off during a missile test. Russian President Vladimir Putin is now ...