Putin fires Russian space agency chief with tenure marked by Moon crash

Putin fires Russian space agency chief with tenure marked by Moon crash

The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia’s space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia’s first mission to the moon in 47 years. In a statement, the Kremlin said Yuri Borisov, who had headed Roscosmos since July 2022, had been replaced Dmitry Bakanov, a … Read more