Interestingly, Tikhonravov’s dream of a Soviet mission to Mars was based on former Nazi rocket scientist-turned-American rocket scientist, Wernher Von Braun, who had his own “ Mars Project ” that ...

I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a placard near the watch, though Collins remains a supporting character in one ...

The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

When Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla floated into the International Space Station (ISS) from the Crew Dragon capsule that had docked with it on June 26, he wasn’t feeling too good. Despite being a ...

An Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's son chose a soft white swan named Joy to accompany the Axiom-4 mission as a zero-gravity indicator. This tradition, started by Yuri Gagarin, involves toys ...

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry says that during the first half of 2025, it is planned to accept from the Russian side the facilities of Site No. 1 ...

Yuri Gagarin is celebrated as the first human in space - but history written during the Cold War may not tell the full story. This video digs into the facts, the rumors, and what the Soviet Union ...

Much of Yuri Herrera’s work has focused on Mexican social realities. In “Season of the Swamp” he turns his attention to the uniquely American city that has been his home for 13 years.

Yuri Gagarin was celebrated as the first man to orbit Earth. But he didn’t make a complete orbit, almost died due to equipment failures, and ejected too early — landing in a potato field.

Gagarin's portrait reflects in the glasses of a woman wearing a mock space helmet as people march during celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space ...

MINSK, 4 March (BelTA) – In Yuri Gagarin’s commemorative office the cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Ivan Vagner, the Belarusian women Marina Vasilevskaya and Anastasia Lenkova, who are about to ...

The second part includes paintings selected during the open-call process. Anyone could send their works on the theme of peace, flight, space and the life of Yuri Gagarin himself.