News; World news; Sergei Krikalev; Harrowing tale of astronaut left to die in space as his country disintegrated below him Sergei Krikalev was forced to orbit the Earth for months in the Soviet ...

Lance Bass' latest podcast series tells the story of Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and his 313 days in space amid the collapse of the Soviet Union ...

S cience and politics have crossed paths throughout history. But Russian astronaut Sergei Krikalev had never imagined that he ...

In that time, the soft-spoken cosmonaut would watch his country crumble from 200 miles up. Presidents would change. His hometown of Leningrad would become St. Petersburg. And one communist superpower ...

Host Bob Edwards talks to Astronaut Bill Shepherd and Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev on the International Space Station. Both men have been on board since October and plan to return home in March.

Sergei Krikalev blasted off in 1991 for a routine mission to Mir space station. What awaited him, ... He became a global symbol of human connection during a time of political chaos.

With little fanfare, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev on Tuesday set a world record of 748 days for time accumulated in space. Krikalev, who will turn 46 later this month while commanding the ...