Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled the Soviet reaction to the moon race: "Our people were ...

Back in the United States, the CIA had prepared a report as part of President Richard Nixon’s “Daily Brief ” for July 5 that began: “A major Soviet unmanned space launch toward the moon ...

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos face-planted onto the Texas desert as he ran up to greet his fiancée Lauren Sanchez ...

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.

Despite that glitch, this was another technological and PR victory for the Soviet Union just three ... who later went on to walk on the moon – into space weeks later on 5 May, and then only ...

A USSR poster which says: "Our triumph in space is the hymn to Soviet country!" Then there's a long pause. Not until 2013 did another spacecraft make it to the moon - China's Chang'e 3.