Moscow, July 16 (TIWN) Russia has fired Dmitry Rogozin, head of state space agency Roscosmos, who was known for making wildly outlandish statements and threats against the US space agency NASA.

"Dmitry Rogozin was dismissed from the post of General Director of the State Corporation "Roscosmos' after President Vladimir Putin signed the decree late on Friday.  "Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin dismissed from the post of General Director of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos," read the decree.