space race

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy test is just the latest.

Sputnik-2 or: Laika, our hero

Just months after Sputnik's launch, the USAF had a manned lunar landing program all figured out.

Reflections from a prodigious force in space exploration.

Here’s how it all began.

NASA was founded on the principle that "activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind"

If you want to go to Mars, fly American

Jerrie Cobb kicked off her black pumps and crossed her stockinged feet on the floor. It was an unusual thing...

Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 years old today

One day in late 1959 or 1960 — dates aren’t totally clear in declassified documents — a crack team of...