Russia spent the year 2007 commemorating its half-century of activity in space and the men who helped make it happen. Events celebrated included the 150^th anniversary of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's birth, the birth centenary of Sergei Korolev, and the 50-year anniversary of the launch of the world's first artificial satellite in the Soviet Union. But with good reason, Russia was also celebrating the improving prospects for its space future. Lamentable hangovers from its more recent "space slump" have been fading away, although not entirely.