On this date: USSR launches Soyuz 5, part of 'first space station'
On this date 56 years ago, the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5 which would become part of the "first" space station.
Trump asks SpaceX to bring "abandoned" Starliner crew home, blames Biden administration for inaction
Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for ...
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The remote Kazakh Steppe that became a gateway to space
Space travel’s documentarians have long ... But after seeing footage of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft crash down on the remote Kazakh Steppe 10 years ago, photographer Andrew McConnell became ...
Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy
The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7" family of boosters. The launch took place on Christmas Day when an R-7 ...
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Space Accidents Fast Facts
It is the first in-flight failure in the US space program. June 1971 – Soviet cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky, Victor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov are found dead in their Soyuz 11 spacecraft ...
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The first docking of two crewed spacecraft
A rendezvous in space is a dream for most of us ... 1969. On January 14, Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 was launched successfully. It was followed by Soyuz 5 24 hours later. Based on the problems ...
‘When The Stars Gossip’: 12 Fun Facts About Space Based On The K-Drama
The Netflix K-drama 'When the Stars Gossip' might have you asking questions about space travel, microgravity and what it's ...