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Salyut 1 was the first space station in Earth orbit. Soviet Union launched it from Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1971 on a Proton rocket.
Twenty-five years ago this month, the Buranthe Soviet space shuttle made its one and only flight.
The launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 heralded the dawn of the age of space exploration, and with it the design of amazing spacecraft seen here.
Throughout history, female explorers have ventured into unknown territories, accomplished physical and intellectual challenges, and broken barriers for both their gender and for humans in general. Not all of them have received the notoriety or credit they deserve, and many of them don't demand it. But the ones who have made their way into the spotlight of international
When you think of aircraft, you usually imagine passenger planes, private jets or military aircraft. But what about planes that aren't designed just to carry passengers? We have put together a list of eight innovative aircraft - from old models to state-of-the-art.
The test shuttles were found inside a derelict Soviet warehouse near the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 125 miles east of the Aral Sea.
The launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. (Source: NASA)
I spent last winter back in Moscow again with my family and through a stroke of luck I managed to find the Buran Space Shuttle - well at least one of
The first international partnership in space wasn't the International Space Station. It wasn't even the Shuttle-Mir series of missions. It was the
The test shuttles were found inside a derelict Soviet warehouse near the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 125 miles east of the Aral Sea.
The test shuttles were found inside a derelict Soviet warehouse near the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 125 miles east of the Aral Sea.
The test shuttles were found inside a derelict Soviet warehouse near the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 125 miles east of the Aral Sea.
Thirty-five years ago, this week, America launched its first woman into space. Physicist Dr. Sally Ride rocketed into orbit aboard shuttle Challenger—accompanied by fellow STS-7 astronauts Bob Crippen, Rick Hauck, John Fabian and Norm Thagard—and became the third female spacefarer, following in the footsteps of Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. STS-7 marked the
The space shuttle Endeavour will be arriving in Los Angeles in a few weeks, and Spaceflight Now has a thorough breakdown of its journey.
The test shuttles were found inside a derelict Soviet warehouse near the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan, 125 miles east of the Aral Sea.
This week another relic, this time from the space shuttle Challenger , together with some items from around the time of her rollout. Chall...
