Headlines of the 1950s and '60s seemed to indicate that the Soviet Union was light-years ahead of the U.S. throughout much of the space race. But behind the scenes, a very different story was ...

cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Peter Gorin. NASA. The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and ...

USA vs. USSR: Fierce rivals in the Space Race The USA and the USSR believed that whoever controlled space could control the destiny of the planet. During the 20th Century, in the years after World ...

Dr Maggie tells the story of the Space Race with star guest, astronaut Tim Peake. Your space questions are answered in Ask Maggie and she reveals her top five 'firsts in space'. Show more In this ...

ABC Radio Adelaide Drive is giving four lucky families the chance to come along to a sneak-peek screening of ABC iview’s ...

As a private lunar industry nears liftoff, preservationists seek to guard the artifacts from the first space race. In 2011 NASA made a nonbinding request that no craft land within a 1.2-mile ...

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 ...