Fukuda-san is perfectly bald, with a luxuriant mustache. His work has been described as “kind of British,” which means he ...

On this day in 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. made history, stepping into the vastness of space and becoming the first African ...

Borisov led Roscosmos for just 2.5 years. Russia has a new space chief. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Yuri Borisov after 2.5 years in charge of the nation's space agency Roscosmos ...

The Kremlin on Thursday removed the head of Russia's space agency after a tenure of less than three years that was scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to the moon in 47 years.

The Russians have big ambitions for their space program. They are planning a new space station to replace their share of the International Space Station when it ends its operational life around 2030.

Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space in 1961, Russia has prided itself as a leading power in space exploration. But its ambitions suffered a massive blow ...

Kremlin Replaces Russian Space Boss After Tenure Scarred by Failed Moonshot MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia's space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday removed the head of Russia's space agency after a tenure of less than three years that was scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission ...

From the streets of Moscow to the stars: Laika, the soviet space dog, pioneered a voyage into space ... [+] that was both groundbreaking and heartbreaking. On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union ...