On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev. They had the important mission of accomplishing mankind’s first spacewalk

There was time for an incredible space selfie when two astronauts took a spacewalk. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, 48, snapped herself smiling, and also captured a picture of first‑time spacewalker colleague Chris Williams,

NASA astronaut friends Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who performed the first all-female spacewalk, are breaking records again.

It was 1965, and Alexei Leonov had just been through a terror no human before had ever experienced: the first-ever spacewalk. Stranded outside of his spacecraft, with only a few layers of fabric and a backpack full of oxygen to keep him alive,

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA's Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers ...

Zhang Lu matched Chen Dong's tally of six spacewalks as he and crewmate Wu Fei completed a seven-hour excursion outside China's space station.

On the 18th of March, 1965, the Soviet Union achieved a historic milestone in the race for space dominance when Alexei Leonov became the first man to .

NASA is continuing to investigate a baffling medical episode suffered by veteran astronaut Mike Fincke during a mission aboard the International Space Station earlier this year. ++ Wave of school violence raises concerns over youth militarisation in Russia Fincke,