Since the Gemini 12 mission in 1966, a handful of people have seen these stunning celestial events from orbit—or watched the moon’s shadow pass over Earth Christian Thorsberg - Correspondent The ...

Ahead of International Day of Human Space Flight, let’s take a look at some key moments in the history of space exploration. The Sputnik 1 satellite became the first man-made object to leave the earth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From the streets of Moscow to the stars: Laika, the soviet ...

A new book explores the legacy of the Soviet Union’s human spaceflight program Diane Tedeschi Yuri Gagarin’s status as an icon is evident in Russia’s many memorials for the pioneering cosmonaut, ...

Left to right: UKSA CEO Paul Bate, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ECSAT head Laurent Jaffart, UKSA non-executive board member and former CEO David Parker in 2024. Credit: UK Space Agency / Max ...

The story of Laika, the first dog in space, feels like the beginning of an inspirational biopic. She began as a stray in Moscow and was lovingly given the name Kudryavka(Russian for "little curly one" ...

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