The new book "The Dark Side of the Earth" takes a deep dive into the fall of the Soviet Union and what it calls Russia's ...

Jeffrey Kluger's "Gemini" argues that the program was more milestone than stepping stone in the 1960s space race.

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Modern views have been shaped by decades of commentary about Kennedy and the great space race, but a race was not his preferred option. Kennedy’s final U.N. speech—two months before he was ...

In an interview with Houston Matters host Craig Cohen (audio and video above), Kluger explains that while the Russians got ...

The National Natural Science Foundation of China surpassed NASA as the field’s largest acknowledged research funder in ...

This year is the 25th anniversary of humans inhabiting the International Space Station. A new PBS documentary looks at how the ISS was built and the challenges of surviving in outer space.

The ISS has cost an estimated $150 billion to build and operate, with NASA spending around $3 billion annually to keep it ...

From the Challenger explosion and $0.25-a-minute phone calls to the Tylenol murders and 1-900 numbers, here are 23 real ...

Nobel Laureate Urges China To Deepen Space Collaboration. China must hardwire long-term scientific endurance into its national strategy if it intends to shape the future of space discovery, a Nobel ...