Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

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1945: General Eisenhower declares German defences on the Western Front broken. On the same day, the US 20th Army corps ...

As Moscow bureau chief, Guy runs coverage of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Before Moscow, Guy ran Brexit coverage as London bureau chief (2012-2022). On the night of Brexit ...

But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...

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Back in 1967 Soviet Union, the original plan involved launching two spacecraft, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 2, into orbit. Soyuz 1, carrying Vladimir Komarov, would launch first and wait for Soyuz 2 to ...

YURI GAGARIN, the first human to travel into outer space, was born on March 9 1934, so let’s celebrate his birthday by remembering the time he embarrassed a British Tory government simply by being ...

March 9 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include: Advertisement -- Explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1454 -- Leland Stanford, railroad builder and founder of ...

A man who is the first female to male trans man to have conceived a baby naturally has opened up about his experience, and his family's story since then. Malachi Clarke, 27, and Charlie Bennett, 31, ...