Setbacks aside, the Soviet Union was then far ahead of the USA in the space race, launching the first satellite, Sputnik, into space in October 1957, then the first living organism, a dog named ...

His is just one of the gripping stories in this documentary about the black pilots, engineers and scientists who battled to play their part in the space race. Against the backdrop of civil rights ...

While Nasa’s budgetary struggle continues, the red planet may be a step closer for China after it unveiled a powerful new ...