The increasing number of commercial space launches and the upward trend in upmass serve as unmistakable signs of space ...

Sputnik 2 was launched by the Soviets shortly after Sputnik 1, with its rapid preparation intended to sustain propaganda momentum and align with the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. This ...

The secret Cold War role played by a giant radio telescope in the middle of the Cheshire countryside has been revealed. Jodrell Bank Observatory monitored Soviet missiles as nuclear tensions between ...