The Soviet spacecraft cemetery in the Pacific

'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation

'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation

Old Soviet satellite breaks apart in orbit after space debris collision

Russia chases former Soviet glory with Luna 25 moon mission

The ‘Hurtful’ Idea of Scientific Merit: Ideology now dominates research in the U.S. more pervasively than it did at the Soviet Union’s height

On this day in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture to space. At 9:07 A.M. Moscow Time, his rocket (a converted R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile) roared to life before climbing toward the heavens. “Poyekhali!” Gagarin shrieked, which translates to "Let's go!"

Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight

A Soviet Rocket Just Fell Back To Earth Out Of Control After Decades In Space

This Soviet scientist showed how the sun shapes human politics and was sentenced by Stalin to the gulag for his ideas

Remembering That Time the Soviet Union Shot a Top-Secret Space Cannon While in Orbit.

Explorer finds remains of abandoned Soviet spaceship in Kazakhstan desert - See pics

50 years ago, the United States and Soviet Union joined forces for science

The saga of Buran — the Soviet Spaceplane — is so murky that even the director of Roscosmos "Tried to buy it, but I haven’t been able to figure out who owns it.” A Kazakh Billionaire claims custody, and he's willing to make a trade — but only for the skull of Kazakhstan’s last Khan.

Soviet Union: History, leaders and legacy

Soviet-era space shuttle carrier aircraft destroyed in Russian attack on Ukraine

50 years ago, a forgotten Soviet mission landed on Mars, kicking off a half-century of robotic Mars exploration.

There are reports, that Russia has conducted an Anti-satellite (#ASAT) weapons test. Target was an old Soviet Tselina-D SIGINT satellite called Kosmos-1408 (1982-092A) launched in 1982, which has been dead for decades. 14 debris objects have been tracked.

Russian and Soviet space stations throughout history

Born on this day, Tsiolkovsky was one of the fathers of rocketry and astronautics. His ideas for the future of humanity in space were ahead of his time, and his work served as the foundation for the Soviet space program, paving the way for human space flight.