While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...
Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...
Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...
In the period between 1961 to 2025, 14 US, 4 USSR and 1 Israeli astronaut died. In addition to these incidents, 11 astronauts, test pilots, and other personnel have been killed during training or ...