A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return ...

The latest Soyuz mission to the International Space Station did more than deliver a fresh crew: it underscored how, even in a tense geopolitical climate, American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts ...

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 ...

For the better part of half a decade, Russian cosmonauts have been searching for the small leaks like a proverbial needle in ...

Russia Quietly Changed Its Space Station Plans. Here's What That Means The proposed Russian Orbital Station will stick to a familiar path instead of an ambitious polar orbit ...

American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International ...

Russia will try to test a new spacecraft docking system again Saturday (July 28) with an unmanned cargo ship at the International Space Station, after a first attempt earlier this week failed and was ...

A Russian satellite crash landed in a field south west of Moscow earlier this month while carrying some unusual cargo: about 1,500 flies, 75 mice, seeds, a bunch of microbes, and various cell tissues.

Mankind has been sending animals into space since long before the first human being reached the milestone. Monkeys, dogs, and chimpanzees were launched into space to assess whether a person could ...

A botched Soyuz launch has dealt significant damage to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan, leaving the nation without the ability to launch astronauts to the International Space ...