Rakesh Sharma flew to the Soviet space station, Salyut-7, in 1984. Now, he is eager to pass the torch to Shubhanshu Shukla, ...

In 1984, when Rakesh Sharma circled the earth aboard the Soviet Salyut-7 mission, the crew held a joint television news ...

The Axiom-4 mission will do solid science and help prep for a replacement for the International Space Station.

The vital waterway, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, had been closed for eight long years following the 1967 ...

Four decades ago, a brave Indian pilot became the first from our nation to touch the stars, sparking pride across the country ...

On April 3, 1984, as the Soyuz T-11 rocket pierced through Earth’s atmosphere carrying Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma toward the Salyut 7 space station, it wasn’t just launching one man into ...

The most striking feature of the Almaz station was the 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter (NR-23) cannon, a modified aircraft gun adapted ...

The Moscow government has awarded the Salyut production complex of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation the status of an industrial complex. The company is recognized as one of ...

The program’s secrecy was paramount. As part of the trick, the Almaz stations were given an official designation of Salyut-2, -3, and -5 in order to confound Western spies trying to determine ...

EACH EVENING, AFTER DOING HIS EXERCISES, Viktor Patsayev glided over to Oasis, a little square greenhouse attached to a wall of the Salyut 1 space station, to water the flax plants inside.

It was here, at Baikonur, that the countdown to a new era in human history began – where dreams became reality. From this very site, in 1957, the R-7 rocket carried the first artificial satellite into ...

Mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is a proud moment for India, as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian ...