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

The Starship's many engines are isolated from each other, preventing the risk of one engine failure causing failure of all as in the case of the Soviet Union's N1 rocket, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on ...

Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, became an international icon as the first living being to orbit Earth.

Thomas Ambrosio - Professor of Political Science, North Dakota State University ‘The Authoritarian International is a fascinating exploration of the complex ways in which authoritarian states in the ...

On November 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com While it did end up flying by Mars ...

was completed in 1928 when Kharkiv was the capital of Soviet Ukraine. The evening attack also hit a medical facility. Earlier strikes damaged an apartment building and storage space. Eight were ...