Editing Space Race (section)

== Legacy ==
After the end of the Cold War in 1991, the assets of the USSR's space program passed mainly to [[Russia]]. Since then, the United States and Russia have cooperated in space with the [[Shuttle–Mir Program|Shuttle-''Mir'' Program]], and the [[International Space Station]] (ISS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.txstate-epdc.net/international-cooperation-on-the-iss/|title=International Cooperation on the ISS|date=November 1, 2019|website=Texas State University|language=en-US|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115140829/https://www.txstate-epdc.net/international-cooperation-on-the-iss/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Russians continue to use their [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7 rocket family]] as their orbital workhorse to launch the Soyuz crewed spacecraft and its [[Progress (spacecraft)|Progress]] derivative uncrewed cargo craft as shuttles to the ISS. After the 2011 retirement of the Space Shuttle, American crews were dependent on the R-7–Soyuz to reach the ISS,<ref name="Chow">{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/13664-nasa-future-space-exploration-progress.html|title=U.S. Human Spaceflight Program Still Strong, NASA Chief Says|last=Chow|first=Denise|date=November 17, 2011|publisher=Space.com|access-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref> until the 2020 first flight of the US [[Crew Dragon]] [[Commercial Crew Development]] vehicle.

In 2023 the Russian Federation resumed the ''Luna'' missions as a part of the [[Luna-Glob]] programme with the launch of [[Luna 25]] (47 years after the Soviet [[Luna 24]]),<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Meghan Bartels |date=2020-05-07 |title=Russia wants to land 3 next-generation Luna spacecraft on the moon by 2025 |url=https://www.space.com/luna-russian-moon-lander-program-2020s.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> amidst American reignition of interest in the Moon with the [[Artemis program]] beginning with the launch of [[Artemis I]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SpaceRef |date=2021-11-10 |title=NASA Outlines Challenges, Progress for Artemis Moon Missions |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-outlines-challenges-progress-for-artemis-moon-missions/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>