A Russian mission to the moon ended in failure as the spacecraft crash-landed on the lunar surface, the nation’s space agency announced Sunday. The Luna-25 craft was attempting to make mankind’s first ...

"I believe that [Apollo program director George Low] certainly was concerned, and rightly so, that we could have orbited the moon ahead of the Americans. We had everything for it. That is why he ...

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...

The Soviet Union’s successful Zond-5 space mission in 1968 prompted NASA to speed up the Apollo program—ultimately driving it to its successful conclusion the following year. In the heated frenzy of ...

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program. Some commentators said the ...

NASA’s new temporary administrator on Thursday held a rare face-to-face meeting in Florida with Russia’s space agency chief, where they discussed cooperation on the moon and maintaining the space ...

NASA leaders have joined forces with Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, marking a rare diplomatic gesture between the two countries, which are experiencing intense geopolitical tensions. The ...

The Russians have big ambitions for their space program. They are planning a new space station to replace their share of the International Space Station when it ends its operational life around 2030.

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...