Russia Shakes Up Roscosmos Leadership

Russia's deputy transport minister, Dmitry Bakanov, has been named to the top job at Roscosmos.
Credit: Russian Transport Ministry
Russia has named a new leader of space agency Roscosmos after several high-profile missteps in the country’s space program. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 6 named Deputy Transport Minister Dmitry Bakanov as the new head of the operation, replacing Yury Borisov, 68, who only took the job...
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