The Space Race was a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts.

One potential area ripe for partnership, he adds, is Venus—a world that only the Soviet-era Russian space program has ever managed to land on. It remains a tempting destination for Russia’s ...

The chief of Russia's main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a ...

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race Could the moon landing have been an international program?

The second chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, has been sacked in just two and a half years.

London, UK-May 19, 2023: Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.

May 25, 2025: Roscosmos, the post-Soviet Russian space program, has proved to be less effective than its Soviet predecessor. The primary problems are incompetence and corruption. One glaring example ...

Since the Soviet era, few sectors have evoked as much pride among Russians as their space achievements, which stand as a symbol of the nation’s glory and technological prowess. However, over the ...

NASA's new temporary administrator on Thursday held a rare face-to-face meeting in Florida with Russia's space agency chief, where they discussed cooperation on the moon and maintaining the space ...

On Aug. 26, 1978, cosmonaut and pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to fly in space. Jähn was an experienced pilot for the East German Air Force and studied at the Gagarin Air Force Academy in ...

Elon Musk has hosted the family of Sergey Korolev, the legendary Soviet rocket designer who Musk says is an inspiration for Space X.