On Dec. 10, 1977, the Soviet union launched the first crew to complete a long-duration mission to the Salyut 6 space station.

Four astronauts were aboard including NASA’s Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Pennsylvania Elections Judge Changes His Tune After Vote ...

Pioneering cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov died on Friday in Moscow aged 85. With his passing, the world has lost another direct connection to the Cold War space race of the 1960s and 70s.

Could you imagine spending nearly two and a half years in space? Well, that's exactly what one Russian cosmonaut has achieved. Oleg Kononenko has just set a new world record for the total time in ...

On 24 April 1967, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first man to die in space. The Soviet Union mourned the loss of a hero when it heard the Soyuz 1 mission was a failure. Some say Komarov ...

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission ...

The honorary title was awarded to four pilots of the ‘Normandie-Niemen’ air regiment, who fought against the Nazis on the ...

TASS/. Female Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya will join the main crew of the 21st expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training ...

In 1975, the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in space.

French artists’ Victor Ash’s Astronaut Cosmonaut has achieved a cult mural status for Berlin. It is one of the most pictured murals in Berlin – a legend! Standing in Berlin-Kreuzberg near Kottbusser ...

The film is dedicated to the dramatic fate of cosmonaut Grigory Nelyubov. He was the second understudy of Yuri Gagarin, had a certificate of cosmonaut number 3. But he never flew into space.

Williams, Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov trained for a departure training session inside the Dragon crew spacecraft.