Four decades ago, a brave Indian pilot became the first from our nation to touch the stars, sparking pride across the country ...

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

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Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space science.

Fish was suggested as an option because it's a source of protein, and has omega-3, and B vitamins which are good at taking care of the body's muscles in space. Rather than sending full-sized fish into ...

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. This space station was a modified version of the Soviet Union's Almaz space station, which was part of a ...

"They cast ballots from Salyut in Soviet elections, becoming the first people to vote from space." In journeying to the space station, they set a then-record for the time spent in space for one ...

In 1973, the mummichog became the first fish to orbit Earth aboard the American Skylab station. Three years later, zebrafish followed, sent to space aboard the Soviet Salyut 5. Cosmonauts observed ...

The first proper space station, Salyut 1, was constructed by the Soviet Union in 1971. Additional stations were launched during the rest of the Salyut program over the next 15 years. In 1986 ...

Science News sponsorship position. In 1971, the USSR launched the world’s first space station, called Salyut (SN: 7/17/76). The ninth mission to Salyut launched on a Soyuz spacecraft in April ...

Before that, several Salyut stations bit the dust.Will anything ... the Dragon would bring it down four days later. NASA's first space station, Skylab, came crashing down in 1979, with debris ...