On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would later carry the first cosmonauts into space. Inside the spacecraft was a ...

A daredevil cat soared through the skies on a parachute-skiing adventure, sporting his very own tiny helmet. The bengal-mix named Thoth was securely strapped to owner Ivan Kuznetsov as they soared ...

Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness and can see the curvature of the Earth before their capsule returns for a parachute-assisted ... 1963 on the Vostok 6 mission.