On February 19th, Putin appointed Yuri Borisov to a position of a Special Representative of the Russian President for Space Cooperation, replacing Sergei Krikalev, who was dismissed from that post on ...

Sacked Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov, shown here meeting with Putin in November 2024, is known for extravagant ideas to develop Russia's space programme, but presided over some high-profile setbacks ...

FILE PHOTO: Then General Director of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos Yuri Borisov looks on at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 23, 2024. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo ...

(Reuters) - Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday appointed the former head of Russia's space agency, Yuri Borisov, as special presidential representative for international space cooperation.

Borisov had headed Roscosmos since July 2022 in a tenure marked by the failure of a Russian moon mission and was relieved of his post earlier this month. A presidential decree announced his ...

After a relatively short period of just two and a half years, the chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, was dismissed from his position last week. The Kremlin announced ...

Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment. Vladimir Putin (L) and former Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov are pictured on October 26, 2023 in Korolev, Russia. Getty Images Why It Matters ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitry Bakanov as the new director general of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, replacing Yury Borisov, the Kremlin announced Thursday on its ...

MOSCOW, 7th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitry Bakanov as the new director general of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, replacing Yury Borisov, the ...

Yuri Borisov had been in the role since July 2022, presiding over the crash landing of the Luna-25 probe in August 2023, Moscow's first lunar lander mission in almost 50 years.

Russia has a new space chief. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Yuri Borisov after 2.5 years in charge of the nation's space agency Roscosmos, The Moscow Times reported today (Feb. 6).