But Kennedy sold the space program instrumentally as well, in a more familiar politician’s register. Sometimes he used the ...

When he came back to Earth, Gagarin was looked upon as not just a hero, but the very embodiment of the Soviet Union’s power.

The United States and China are leading a global competition to build a permanent presence on the moon. Scientific research, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the height of the Space Race, two Italian amateur radio enthusiasts claimed to have captured secret audio of cosmonauts, ...

Luna-29, and Luna-30, to 2032-2036, facing setbacks in its space program as its rival, the U.S., achieves a milestone with the Artemis II lunar flyby. The decision comes after previous delays and the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Space Race, that high-tech Cold War competition to see which global superpower could conquer the ...

Like the US, China is seeking allies to boost its lunar ambitions. Russia, South Africa, Pakistan, Egypt, Serbia, Belarus and ...

We have a window, as in the 1960s and 1970s, in which the money is present and the technology is ripe to let idealism and ...

NASA announced SR-1 Freedom, a nuclear-powered spacecraft bound for Mars by 2028, repurposing canceled lunar station ...

The NK-33 engine is one of the most emblematic chapters in Soviet engineering and in the history of the space race. Created under absolute secrecy to power the USSR’s lunar program, the propulsion ...

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next ...

I am a firm nonbeliever when it comes to the cult of John F. Kennedy, but like an atheist admiring the King James Bible, even I can appreciate some of the Kennedy scriptures. So as our latest lunar ...