The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior ...

The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's Space Shuttle, developed during the peak of Cold War rivalry.

The Soviet Union was keenly aware the United States was building a ‘space bomber’ and quickly began development of their own manned spaceplane. While this Soviet Shuttle would not be as ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 minutes, the Vostok One completed an orbit around the Earth. On this day in 1981, ...

As Blue Origin prepares for its NS-31 mission, learn more about the spaceflight and all-female crew that includes Katy Perry, ...

The group of six women that includes CBS host Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry are set to make history in a Blue Origin launch next week.

By Sage Rohrbach An image of the New Shepard Capsule, the same capsule that carried celebrities Katy Perry and Gayle King.  Courtesy of NASA Flight Opportunities via Wikimedia Commons In 1961, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, the chief engineer behind ...

Even outer space isn’t safe from the pronoun police.