In 1971, the first successful Mars lander was wiped out, probably by a dust storm. Continue reading →

In 1964, Gagarin took up the challenge of designing the Soviets' first spaceplane. ->

In the March of 1961, Ivan Ivanovich was the Soviet's singing unsung hero. ->

After the crew of Voskhod 2 managed to return to Earth, their struggle for survival was hardly over. ->

In the early days of the Soviet space program, there were a number of phantom cosmonauts apparently killed in the line of duty.

Fifty-five years ago today, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite. The feat would prove to spook the American public.

I genuinely love Frank Herbert's "Dune" and despite disappointment in the way a lot of things played out after the first book, I still think it's a fantastic universe. After all, you have a richly textured, far-future setting full of giant monsters, feuding houses, philosophical commentar...

Moon bound turtles on Zond 5 gave NASA another reason to push for the moon on Apollo 8.