After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world — but its executive ...

Wernher von Braun and his team ... the US could compete in the space race. Though its initial failure defined its legacy, the Vanguard program wasn’t entirely fruitless. On March 17, 1958 ...

Somewhere above them, a Soviet citizen was arcing past the stars, whirling about the earth at 18,000 miles an hour, soaring into history as the first man in space. Radio reports identified the ...

Given the considerable uncertainty about the future NASA Science budget given projected Trump Administration funding ...

Von Braun preferred to stay in America. He was part of America’s classified space mission Apollo, which enabled American astronauts to reach the moon. With Von Braun’s rocket technology ...

Three astronauts have been sent to China's own space station to replace the current crew in a bid to reach the moon or even Mars. China has launched three astronauts into space on Thursday ...

The new book “Race to Space”, co-authored by former German Ambassador Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft and journalist Andreas Dripke, delves into the growing economisation and militarisation of space.