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 ...

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

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 ...