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 ...

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

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 ...

As an engineer in the Soviet Space Program you will be responsible for repairing, fixing and building the iconic spacecraft and rockets from the R-7 family. Advertisement All the Latest Game ...

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 ...

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

cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Peter Gorin. NASA. The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and ...