Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight turned life in the Soviet Union literally on its head. Space exploration became the country's pride and joy, and a major theme in art, both official and unofficial.

The space race – rockets, satellites, record-breaking cosmonauts – was a way for Soviet artists to adopt avant-garde ideas under the cloak of propaganda. It stands outside the gates of the ...

One new book transports readers back to the early days of Soviet spaceflight with an unbelievable collection of stunning, colorful and nostalgic images. "Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from ...

The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

A long and strikingly critical article that reviews the state of the Russian space program was published in the state-aligned newspaper MK this week. None of the findings in the 2,800-word article ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science, near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, is hosting a contemporary art exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of its construction.

ART-XC (a Russian payload) will examine the higher energies of X-rays, up to 30 keV, while eROSITA (Extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is optimized for an energy range of 0. ...

Like many Russian enterprises, the Street Art Museum is a family affair. The factory complex was built in the 1950s but ceased operation in the 1990s, along with countless other industrial ...

Art World Russia’s Richest Man Just Opened an Art Space in Venice—and It’s Dramatically Unshowy. The V-A-C Foundation's new Venetian art space is modest in design and scope, offering a space ...

The Russian cosmonauts’ bit of performance art is over. The Russian nation’s war goes on. This story originally appeared in TIME Space, our weekly newsletter covering all things space.

Mr. Rogozin, the Russian space agency leader, said he hopes the mission will make “a truly serious work of art and a whole new development of the promotion of space technologies,” in order to ...