On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would ...

In G.O.D.S. #7, readers are introduced to the cosmonauts of the rocket Vostok 7, a Soviet equivalent to the Fantastic Four whose own space flight was far more tragic. Launching in 1963 ...

Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. But unlike Lake Ontario, Lake Vostok sits beneath more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) of wind-blown ...

1963 on the Vostok 6 mission. Blue Origin has been a fan of knocking out superlatives with its New Shepard rocket having flown the tallest (Strahan at 6 feet 5 inches tall), the oldest (90-year ...