Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on this day in 1937, a massive gas explosion devastated the New London ...

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...

March 18 has seen its fair share of significant events that have shaped the world in numerous ways.One of the most noteworthy events in history on March ...

America is eagerly awaiting the return of two astronauts who have been stuck on the ISS since last June. Here's who they are.

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

Today marks the anniversary of the historic and iconic first spacewalk. On March 18, 1965, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov walked in a spacewalk with its own risks. He achieved the ...

While the long duration poses health risks, the current record for the longest human spaceflight is 437 days, set by Russian ... Space Center in Florida to co-pilot the Boeing Starliner for its ...

This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the first ever space-walk by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...