In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects ...

While the Space Force makes sense in strategic and practical terms, the service’s creation marks an ominous signal for those ...

Sputnik was hurled skywards on the experimental R-7 rocket, powered by liquid oxygen mixed with kerosene, from launch facilities that are still functional and no less remote today in Tyuratam ...

Laika was a Russian dog who was sent on a one-way trip into space and has become a symbol for the use of animals in scientific testing which has been shared online ...

The U.S. space industry is having a “Sputnik moment, one launch at a time,” with each satellite or spacecraft launched by the Chinese government, a top industry executive said Tuesday at the Space ...

Related: Sputnik: The space race's opening shot Chop Shop is basing the pins' designs on a popular collection of posters they produced in 2014 and 2015. The Historic Robotic Spacecraft Series has ...

When the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite in 1957, it marked a leap forward in space technology, triggering a “space race” with the American space program. Source: Alexandra_Koch/Pixabay ...

Article continues below Despite the small dog holding the unique title of being one of the first animals in space, it offered no comfort as she was propelled away from earth, the sole passenger aboard ...

The Russian president is rhapsodizing about the space entrepreneur despite the Kremlin's tense negotiations with the U.S. over ending its invasion of Ukraine.

A design studio's proposal for a new collectible set seeks to "pin" down the pivotal probes from space exploration history. Chop Shop on Tuesday (April 8) began seeking fans of robotic satellites ...