But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

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Gayle King has been talking to some fellow celebs about her upcoming space flight. In an interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” the journalist talked about her upcoming Blue Origin flight ...

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YURI GAGARIN, the first human to travel into outer space, was born on March 9 1934, so let’s celebrate his birthday by remembering the time he embarrassed a British Tory government simply by being ...

Leonardo SpA, the Italian defense and aerospace company, has replaced Bank of America Corp. with Deutsche Bank AG to advise on talks to forge a new European space and satellite champion, according to ...

While he’s not as familiar with McClain’s story as he’d like to be, Lewis has long followed space exploration. He remembers watching the launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who ...

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Two space mining missions are blasting off this week, with one heading to the southern-most point ever visited on the moon's surface. A robotic moon lander called Athena will embark on Intuitive ...

NASA wants to get out of the space station business and put it in the hands of, well, businesses. The agency is planning to send the International Space Station (ISS) to a fiery death through ...