T he space race has been covered in both documentary films, shows, and movies. Never before has an intimate telling of the ...

As a private lunar industry nears liftoff, preservationists seek to guard the artifacts from the first space race ... in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Rapid advancements in spaceflight occurred during the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Ballistic ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space. Private spaceflight is not a new concept. In the United States, commercial ...

I was 14 years old when Sputnik was launched into orbit, and I convinced myself, naively, that the space race would one day punch my personal ticket to the stars. Someday, I told myself ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. On Earth, clothes make the man—and woman. In space, they’re the key to survival. Whether helping astronauts enter ...