Mars mission

Microorganisms which survived for millions of year to be road tested in space.

Russia is to launch an unmanned mission to the Moon as the first blast-off from the new Cosmodrome currently being constructed in Amur region.

Kremlin gives go ahead for work on the new rockets for missions from Vostochny space centre.

One day after aborted blastoff, new $6 billion Vostochny cosmodrome is finally in business.

The BIOS-3 closed ecosystem in Siberia sustains human life autonomously by creating a micro-Earth.

When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.

Same phenomenon of discharge of gas hydrates 'led to crater formation in Russia and disappearance of ships in Atlantic'.