During the Cold War, the space race pushed both superpowers to develop groundbreaking technology. In response to the American Space Shuttle, the Soviet Union created its own remarkable spacecraft.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly developed Spiral, an experimental orbital spaceplane designed for reconnaissance, bombing, and even combat in space. Although the MiG-105 prototype flew ...

Russia's main launch facility for sending cosmonauts into space was damaged during the latest launch of a Soyuz capsule, prompting emergency repairs. The accident at the Baikonur cosmodrome will ...

A launch pad at Russia’s main space complex was damaged during Thursday’s launch of a mission carrying two Russians and an American to the International Space Station, Moscow’s space agency announced.

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who famously spent a year in space aboard the station in 2015 and 2016.