Behind the iconic images of a man floating above earth is a story full of danger, secrecy and Cold War rivalry, where even the truth could become collateral damage.

Born in 1934, Alexei Leonov became the 11th Soviet cosmonaut and achieved several major milestones of space exploration. During the Voskhod 2 mission, on March 18, 1965, he exited his capsule for 12 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Russia's ...

WATCH: The first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, shouted, “Hey, sky, take off your hat; I’m on my way!” Tereshkova’s flight lasted nearly 71 hours. (Soviet Space Pro ...

A Russian spaceflyer was pulled from SpaceX's next astronaut mission for violating U.S. national security regulations, according to a media report. Fellow cosmonaut Andrei Fedyayev recently took his ...

There's a small park in North Odesa (Ukraine) that is the home to the memory of a Ukrainian Cosmonaut. Cosmonaut Georgy Dobrovolsky, is considered by many to be a Soviet Hero & Ukrainian Hero for his ...

A Russian cosmonaut scheduled to fly on the next trip to the International Space Station with SpaceX has been removed, apparently for violating U.S. national security regulations. As reported by ...

Oleg Artemyev was removed from the mission after he allegedly took photos of classified materials. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev will not be part of the four-person crew for the upcoming SpaceX ...

A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Russia's space agency confirmed the spacefarer's removal and replacement on the ...