Embark on a journey to the heart of Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome, where the remnants of the Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle program lie in silent testimony to a once-vibrant era of space ...

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet ...

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...

The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...

In September 2024, a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome en route to the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard were two Russians and an American. Given the depths to which ...

After two cosmonauts vanished into a frozen forest in 1965, the Soviet space program quietly built a dedicated survival weapon for landings gone wrong. This story follows the TP-82, the myths around ...

Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...