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Roscosmos is the Russian space agency and has fallen on hard times over the last decade This began before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Roscosmos was created by the new Russian Federation to replace the old Soviet Space Program organization F

Roscosmos is the Russian space agency and has fallen on hard times over the last decade This began before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Roscosmos was created by the new Russian Federation to replace the old Soviet Space Program organization F

We've been sending animals to space for nearly 75 years, leading to critically important science and no shortage of bizarre stories.

We've been sending animals to space for nearly 75 years, leading to critically important science — and no shortage of bizarre stories

A spaceship built by a company in Texas is poised for lunar touchdown on Thursday, returning America to the Moon after more than five decades in what promises to be a historic first for the private sector. - Project Apollo -  In 1961, president John F. Kennedy proposed to Congress that the US  "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

October 4 marks the 66th anniversary of the first artifial satellite launch to Earths low orbit. In early October, 1957, the Soviet Union carried out a successful launch of the Sputnik 1, fulfilling the humanitys longtime dream of exploring space.

In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to journey to space orbiting Earth in the Vostok 6 space capsule.

Ten years after the USSR Space Program reached the moon with a cosmic rocket called the Luna 2, the United States became the first country to succe...

Among its tools is a scoop capable of procuring samples from depths of up to 15 cm (six inches) as it embarks on the quest to unveil frozen water reserves on the moon

Russia is heading back to the Moon as it tries to reassert itself as a significant world power in the wake of its war on Ukraine. A rocket carrying the Luna-25 craft will mark Russia’s first lunar mission since 1976. The expedition will attempt to land the exploration vehicle on the moon’s south pole, hoping to dig up water ice beneath the surface. You can tune in to watch the launch here.