Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

Extended stays in space like that of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the 'stranded' astronauts at the International Space Station for nine months, are very valuable for devising systems to protect ...

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The Space Race ... of losing such a great opportunity and giving it away to the Americans. This was open dissatisfaction." Astronaut Jim Lovell has since discussed the race to the moon with ...

Those that aren’t investing enough resources into the “new space race” may find themselves at a global disadvantage, with negative effects on the workforce, global reputation and future ...

But once the technology existed so that we could actually travel into space, rather than just look at it, things changed forever. USA vs. USSR: Fierce rivals in the Space Race The USA and the USSR ...

Pic: AP The legacy of the moon landing lives on. Pic: AP After the completion of the International Space Station, and the retirement of the costly and dangerous space shuttle programme ...

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and ...