Human beings have always been fascinated by what’s going on above our heads. 5000 years ago, in the time of the ancient Babylonians, astrologers studied the stars in an attempt to predict the ...

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 ...

Britain is finally joining the space race. The first 'vertical' rocket launch from UK soil will finally go ahead this year from SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands.

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Neither new rocket is expected to fly until 2026, granted. But Northrop isn't out of this space race yet. It's still worth keeping an eye on as it makes its final push to remain a viable ...