On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts were inside the spacecraft, and they barely made it out alive. About 90 seconds before the rocket was supposed to ...

On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed ...

"This demo brought me right back, blending elements of real-time strategy, RPGs and first-person play into something very real." The seven astronauts and cosmonauts that comprise the second half of ...