The Space Race was the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve superior space travel technology, which eventually culminated in the first manned Moon ...

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, simultaneously launching the USSR and the United States into a space race.

Behind the iconic images of a man floating above earth is a story full of danger, secrecy and Cold War rivalry, where even the truth could become collateral damage.

Two weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union attempted to launch its massive N1 moon rocket, a mission that ended in one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history. Declassified records reveal ...

The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...

Remembering America's famous "astrochimps" with photos of Ham and his cohorts taken before and after his wild 1961 ride ...

I sometimes wonder where we would be now, as a species, had the Soviet Union not collapsed and continued its space race with the United States. Would we have already colonized other planets by now, or ...

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...

A new ICE detention facility in Leavenworth is already housing detainees - less than two weeks after city approval, despite community opposition. A judge has temporarily blocked referendum deadlines ...