Some 140 miles above France, American astronauts opened a spacecraft hatch and found themselves face to face with cosmonauts ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a ...

Venus, Earth’s fiery twin, has long fascinated scientists. This video dives into the incredible story of the Venera mission—why it went silent, the challenges of Venus' hostile environment, and what ...

In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...

A mysterious Soviet-era spacecraft, launched nearly half a century ago, is now on a course back to Earth’s atmosphere. But this isn’t just space junk - experts are watching closely to find out what ...

On July 15, 1975, an Apollo spacecraft launched carrying a crew of three and docked two days later on July 17, with a Soyuz spacecraft and its crew of two.

Space artist Paul Calle thought he had represented the overall mission for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). NASA ...

The mission was also Tom Stafford's last spaceflight. The Apollo Command Module Pilot, Vance Brand, would go on to fly on ...