The Baikonur Cosmodrome, a bastion of Soviet space exploration and the historic site where Yuri Gagarin, the first man in ...

Space cuisine offers similar prospects. To popularize a new way of life, one must begin with the table. Food is accessible, repeatable and emotionally resonant. A dish, served often and with intention ...

Around 90 per cent of Antarctica is buried under thick ice. The average depth of this layer is nearly 2.2 kilometres.

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

A little more than 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually ...

A Soviet spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus is set to fall back to Earth in the next week. The Kosmos 482 capsule was built for Venus's brutal atmosphere, so it will likely survive Earth's.

Some of those early space probes succeeded in their missions, capturing the first measurements and images from the Venusian surface. Kosmos 482 was not one of them. Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 was ...

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