Cosmonaut yanked from SpaceX mission after allegedly taking photos of classified materials
- by New York Post
- Dec 03, 2025
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Oleg Artemyev, 54, allegedly took pictures of classified documents while training at SpaceX’s California headquarters.
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Artemyev was ousted from the mission after he allegedly “photographed SpaceX documentation and then ‘used his phone’ to export classified information,” Russian outlet The Insider first reported.
The outlet cited a separate report from a Russian spaceflight Telegram channel called “Yura, Forgive Me!” that claimed Artemyev snapped the sneaky pictures while training at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California in late November.
Georgy Trishkin, a rocket launch analysist, told the outlet that he believes it would be “very difficult” for such “an experienced cosmonaut” to “inadvertently commit such a gross violation.”
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