Before the first human could fly into space, the Soviet Union sent a total of 48 dogs into space to gain experience. Not every animal survived.

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Everyone knows Yuri Gagarin as the first person to go to space. But was he? Literary historian Vladimir Brljak tells the tale of the intrepid balloonists who first flew beyond the blue terrestrial sky ...

After more than 160 days, Vladimir Putin has reappeared in one of the Kremlin’s “beige offices” -- staged rooms long used to obscure his real location. The return follows an investigation by Systema, ...

Savannah Guthrie is probably never returning to the “Today” show after her mother Nancy’s heartbreaking disappearance, according to a new report. The “Today” anchor has not appeared on the NBC morning ...

MOSCOW, 20 February (BelTA) – Belarus is a pillar of security in the European region, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Yuri Seliverstov said at a reception marking the Day of Defenders of the ...