A capsule created by German aerospace startup The Exploration Company crash-landed in the ocean with a payload that included ...

Photos Show Laika, the First Dog in Space? The Samoyed-terrier mix was said to have been aboard the 1957 Soviet Spacecraft, Sputnik 2.

A design studio's plan for a new collectible set seeks to "pin" down the pivotal probes from space exploration history. Chop Shop is seeking fans of robotic spacecraft to help produce lapel pins.

In both the Soviet Union and the United States, early space programs used animals as test pilots, with little regard for ...

It is fifty years since the launch of Sputnik. The ensuing 'space race' had major impact — politically, of course, and technologically, but it also created a new avenue for physics research and ...

Following patrol, they returned to the city police station, where they heard that a search had been called for the Sputnik IV spacecraft” and suddenly realized what they’d found.

Over 90 percent of spacecraft are commercial, fueling a $546 billion global space economy. ... Just as Sputnik spurred leaders into action last century, this moment should do the same.