The Russian Space Legacy

The Soviet Union led the world in space science for many years. Now Russian space scientists sometimes don't have the electricity to run their equipment. Common Ground talks to Alexander Gurshtein, Head of History of Astronomy and Space at the Russian Academy of Sciences, who tells us just how bad it is.

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