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

From tardigrades to dogs, numerous animals have been to space, contributing towards space exploration and astronautical ...

Cher Ami is credited with saving the lives of 194 members of Whittlesey’s “Lost Battalion.” He became known as a war hero in ...

they’re just curious animals, so they’re going to come check it out,” Mr. Speakman said, adding that dolphins will often swim around their research ships. It’s not the first time wildlife ...

Animals like Dolly and Laika made history with their extraordinary contributions, ensuring they are remembered forever.

With the first quarter of the 21st century nearly over, we asked some Irish people to share their predictions for life here ...

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 ...

Limited studies have been conducted on reproductive health in space, mostly involving animals such as mice ... s three-day ...

It was Orbit, the yellow-and-orange alien mascot for the Albuquerque Isotopes. With all due respect to the dog/bear-looking hybrid ― "an Indigenous animal ... Mr. Celery first appeared at ...

Perhaps the most famous space animal, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living being to orbit Earth. She was launched aboard the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 in 1957. Unfortunately, Laika ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were selected for the first crewed test flight on ... and once they enter orbit they will spend the rest of their time in space floating in their ...