The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's Space Shuttle, developed during the peak of Cold War rivalry.

The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior ...

Three astronauts will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (April 8), and you can watch the action live. A Russian Soyuz rocket is scheduled to lift off from ...

A fresh crew of space travelers has arrived at the International Space Station after a flawless launch and docking, beginning ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

HOUSTON -- Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station ... ISS's Russian segment Rassvet ...

"Congratulations, Sergey, congratulations on your arrival at the International Space Station," Russian mission control radioed. After extensive leak checks to verify an airtight structural seal ...

Astronauts successfully installed a new $164 million air lock on the international space station. Sunday's Extravehicular Activity (EVA), or space walk, started an hour late after Mike Gernhardt and ...