In both the Soviet Union and the United States, early space programs used animals as test pilots, with little regard for ...

If you're feeling stuck and wonder what it might be like to be in the vastness of the universe, here are the greatest movies about space travel to get you there. In Clint Eastwood's rip-roaring ...

Nearly seven decades after the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch jolted America into the space age, ... “We lack a unifying ‘space race’ narrative to galvanize action,” he noted, ...

Did you guys know the Space Race was one of the craziest rivalries in history? 🚀💥 It was this epic competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, both trying to outdo ...

However, with the space race between us and the Soviets in full swing, Yuri Gagarin’s April 1961 orbital flight dimmed our joy. Again, they had beaten us. They beat us again when Valentina ...

The Space Race between the United States and the Soviets officially begins. Nov. 3, 1957: The Soviets send the first living creature — Laika the dog — into orbit aboard Sputnik 2.

The actual space race had kicked off a decade earlier, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, in 1957.

Earth’s first-ever artificial satellite Sputnik launched on October 4, 1957. In that moment, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union transformed into a race to dominate not ...

NEWS PRESENTER: Another spectacular year in the space race. Next, up went the animals. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, which some people actually called Muttnik, ...