Headlines of the 1950s and '60s seemed to indicate that the Soviet Union was light-years ahead of the U.S. throughout much of the space race. But behind the scenes, a very different story was ...

Here is the heartbreaking story of Laika, the soviet dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth in 1957.

Tragically, Komarov knew he was about to die as his final words were overheard by the US listening posts in Turkey. He was ...

Laika, a Soviet dog, earned her place in history as the first living being to orbit Earth in 1957. Launched aboard Sputnik 2 ...

The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War ... Leonov recalled the reaction in the Soviet Union: "There were lots of letters addressed to the government, all of which asked how it could have ...

Lunar missions have become synonymous with a "space race." During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union’s competition to achieve that first "one small step" on the moon was a symbolic and ...

Lunar missions have become synonymous with a "space race." During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union's competition to achieve that first "one small step" on the moon was a symbolic and ...