How did America respond to the Soviet Union’s space dominance? The Mercury Rocket was supposed to put the U.S. ahead, but ...

The Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Saturn V was the N-1, a monstrous moon rocket that never made it off the ground. Rushed, flawed, and plagued with failures, the N-1’s catastrophic explosions became ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

When a U.S. Atlas or an even bigger (for the present) Soviet space rocket roars into the sky. it runs on rails devised by the ill-tempered Sir Isaac, who sat in his English garden nearly 300 years ...

Soviet engineers began work on large rockets in the 1930s ... becoming the first human in space. A year later, Soviet engineers described a space station comprised of modules launched separately ...

Rocket Lab launches for the 60th time. It's safe to say Rocket Lab is an established player in the launch business. The ...

A must-see attraction is the Museum of the History of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, located in the heart of the facility. It ...