We wrote about this doomed mission in 2019, and the prospects for reentry. Launched on a Molniya-8K78M rocket from the ...

Before the SR-71 became the face of American spy planes, there was the A-12 Archangel—faster, lighter, and more secretive. Capable of Mach 3.2 and altitudes near 95,000 feet, the A-12 was constructed ...

Tim Bouverie's 'old-fashioned diplomatic history' explores the often fraught relationship between world powers ...

During the Cold War, governments around the world continued to view zoos through an ideological lens. This was especially true in Berlin, where the city’s two zoos – one in the capitalist West, the ...

Russia will hold its “Intervision” music competition in September, organisers announced on Wednesday, after authorities ...

May 1st holds a special place in history as a date that marks numerous significant events across the globe.International ...

The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things ...

Russia’s military build-up in Belarus and near NATO borders raises fears of future aggression. As NATO members boost defense spending and posture in response, there is growing tension in the air.

The history of organized labor is long and brutal. The history of May Day, the holiday honoring the organized labor movement ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

Ukraine’s mineral resources are concentrated in two geologic provinces. The larger of these, known as the Ukrainian Shield, is a wide belt running through the center of the country, from the northwest ...

It comes as lawmakers are looking to pass a bipartisan bill that would award the team a congressional gold medal ...