In the 1960s, this was the exact story of Rene Bonnet, who built his own little sports car from scratch (and with a bit of ...

There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday removed the head of Russia's space agency after a tenure of less than three years ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

At age 27 on the morning of 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was helped into his spacesuit and made his way to the launch pad. Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBT+ ...

Although it takes up just one room, this exhibition at Bath's Holburne Museum is a fresh and "fascinating rethink" of a ...

I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took place, not intentionally, on the 20th anniversary ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space ...

Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space in 1961, Russia has prided itself as a leading power in space exploration. But its ambitions suffered a massive blow ...

If Russians are gripped by a yearning for an imaginary past, they will not fight for a better future.

If the first man in space could choose any car, which one would it be? Of course, a car whose name would resonate with his day job: the Cosmo, named after the 1950s and 1960s Space Race between ...