The Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Saturn V was the N-1, a monstrous moon rocket that never made it off the ground. Rushed, flawed, and plagued with failures, the N-1’s catastrophic ...

not long before the Soviet Union collapsed. Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an Energia rocket, and performed an automated, horizontal ...

Blue Origin's next spaceflight is set to make history and will include celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King.

This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the first ever space-walk by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

From tardigrades to dogs, numerous animals have been to space, contributing towards space exploration and astronautical ...

Salyut 1, the first space station in history, reached orbit unmanned atop a Proton rocket on ... researchers from Soviet bloc countries or countries sympathetic to the Soviet Union.