Canine cosmonaut Laika rests comfortably inside the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 before being blasted into orbit in 1957.Credit ...

During what would become the most dramatic month in space history, an apocalyptic explosion of near-nuclear magnitude took ...

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray ...

Skyroot nearing first launch with big ambitions. Three years after India opened up its space sector to private companies, ...

The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly ...

At the beginning of November 2000, an ambitious project of East-West understanding began: the first crew moved into the ...

Russia's United Aircraft has undertaken a series of flight tests with the Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop in regions of high terrain in southern Siberia. The tests took place at Gorno-Altaisk airport, ...

Russia relationship has survived, out of shared instincts for sovereignty. It remains one of the world’s most quietly ...

Back in 1966, the Soviet Luna 9 mission became the first spacecraft to soft land on the Moon and send back images of the ...

The Soyuz-5 is a two-stage, medium-class launch vehicle with an increased payload capacity of up to 17 tons. It is intended as a replacement for the Proton and Zenit boosters. Roscosmos said ...

National Geographic's 100 best images of the year–curated from 106 photographers, 121 stories, and more than two million photographs. Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa” is believed to depict Lisa Gherardini, the ...