A Russian capsule delivered three new astronauts to the International Space Station, doubling the size of the crew just in time for a pair of major space anniversaries.

Two space station cosmonauts took a daring spacewalk to cut into the insulation of their descent capsule and remove an explosive bolt.

US millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a two-man Russian-American crew returned from the international space station to Earth early today in a lightning-swift, bone-jarring descent.

A Russian spacecraft carrying a new crew docked smoothly with the international space station today, as US and Russian space officials on the ground argued over the conditions for future missions.

A Russian space official today said US manned space flights could be grounded indefinitely following the loss of the shuttle Columbia and suggested that Russian Soyuz rockets should be used to ferry crews back and forth to the International Space Station, a news agency reported.

’N SYNC singer Lance Bass has been asked to leave Russia’s cosmonaut training programme and will not be the world’s third space tourist, a Russian space official said yesterday.

’N Sync singer Lance Bass has been asked to leave Russia’s cosmonaut training programme and will not be the world’s third space tourist, a Russian space official said today.

NSync's Lance Bass is at the Russian Space Agency's cosmonaut training centre as he tries to become the next space tourist.

Rescuers today pulled three bodies from a huge hangar in Kazakhstan after the roof collapsed at Russia’s main space launch site.

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have moved into the International Space Station for a four-month stay.

During 15 years in orbit, Russia’s Mir space station survived fires, collisions and equipment failure.

The Russian Space Agency is hunting for insurance in case this month's Mir re-entry goes wrong.