Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray ...

The chief of Russia’s main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a “critical” condition and cannot continue in its present state. “The ...

A model of Laika inside a replica of Sputnik 2 at the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics in Moscow. | Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the ...

How many customers does the Russian space program actually have? They've pissed off nearly everyone in the world that's not already indebted to the Kremlin for military hardware either because of the ...

Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...

MOSCOW – Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse – with national pride and billions of dollars at stake. The ...