RD-0120 engines would have given the rocket 175 tons of thrust at sea level and 200 tons in space. On top of the entire assembly, there was supposed to be a cone that would have been ...

On the eve of the 249th anniversary of American independence, NASA on Tuesday showcased a patriotic image of Old Glory as ...

A piece of Soviet-era rocket crash-landed back in Russia on February 20. Stock image showing space junk in Earth orbit. "It orbited Cosmos 1184, which re-entered Earth's atmosphere on 29 April 2002.

On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com While it did end up flying by Mars ...

Soviet space innovations. The Soviet hopes came down to Mars 2 and Mars 3, each launched days before Mariner 9 in May of 1971. They were very different from the hexagonal design of NASA’s ...

SpaceX launched new Dragon spacecraft as part of Ax-4 mission, marking the first time in 41 years where an Indian astronaut ...

The United States wasn’t alone in taking nuclear rockets for a spin. In 1965, the Soviet Union began crafting its own prototype nuclear rocket and kept up the research for decades. Well into the ...

In essence, the UR-700A should have been capable of moving people to Mars orbit as well, not only the Moon. And if that had happened, the world we now live in would have been entirely different.

NASA’s manned mission to Mars would take seven months with the current technology we have for rockets. However, a nuclear-powered spacecraft could make that trek in just 45 days, according to ...

On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. While it did end up flying by Mars, the mission was not exactly a success. After it ...