On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. This space station was a modified ...

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

The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's Space Shuttle, developed during the peak of Cold War rivalry.

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has since 1999 made reestablishing influence over Russia’s “near abroad” a ...

Sixty years before pop star Katy Perry's 10-minute spaceflight, a factory worker from the Soviet Union created history, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, the chief engineer behind ...

64 years ago, a man born in a tiny Russian village to a carpenter and a dairy farmer spent 108 minutes looking down at Earth.

a pioneering Soviet engineer who kick-started Soviet Union's early space adventure. The Russian leader was speaking to university students about the country's space policy when he mentioned the ...

Russia is also losing its role as a pivotal player in space cooperation. Since Moscow’s ties to the West are effectively ...

On April 19, 1975, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched Aryabhata—the country’s very first satellite into ...

India allowed the Soviet Union access to its ports for tracking and naval purposes in exchange for launch support.