Mikkelsen, the first Norwegian bound for space, has flown over the poles before, but at a much lower altitude. She was part ...

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on ...

Four private astronauts have embarked on a historic journey, becoming the first humans to orbit both the North and South ...

SpaceX launches world-first polar mission, funded by crypto magnate - It is the first mission to send a crew over both poles ...

In one of the most politicized and closely-followed space missions, Sunita Williams, an astronaut of Indian descent, spent ...

An exhibition showcasing one of the UK’s largest private collections of space artefacts will open at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum on Saturday 14 June 2025.

However, in contrast to her trailblazing male counterparts, the first civilian cosmonaut seems to ... Long before the era of space tourism, Tereshkova’s parachuting hobby would land her in the Soviet ...

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