A space station launched by Russia during the Cold War included a ... It is still considered to be the only gun ever fired in space, and it was fired a total of three times over the course of ...

If a gun can successfully fire ... thought not the only weapon brought into space. Soviet cosmonauts once carried triple-barrel shotguns as part of an emergency kit in the event they ever touched ...

The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists ... that was our real enemy had jumped the gun and launched a satellite, and it was ...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off from Baikonur in the Vostok I capsule, becoming the first human in space. A year later, Soviet engineers described a space station comprised of modules ...

MOSCOW, June 7. /TASS/. Russia should make many steps forward to return its leading positions in space exploration, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his Q&A session on Thursday.