But when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Buran program was put on hold, and in 1993, the Buran’s second flight was formally cancelled. The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the most ...

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 ...

The FGB design traces its roots to the Soviet TKS spacecraft that was designed in the 1960s to serve as a crew and cargo resupply vehicle for the Soviet Union’s Salyut space stations.

The world’s largest cargo plane, lost in the Ukraine war, remains a symbol of engineering marvel and resilience.

float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the Soviet Union’s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 ...

John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...