Handshake started 4 decades of space cooperation 02:42 For more on the most important and iconic moments of the 1970s, watch CNN’s “ The Seventies ,” Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

There's nothing like a good, firm handshake. Especially when it's with a robot, and you're in space. Yesterday, NASA's Robonaut completed its systems ...

International Space Station Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank completed the first human/robot handshake in space yesterday. (Image Credit: NASA TV) To my knowledge, in the history of human/robot ...

The commander of the International Space Station, Daniel Burbank, shook hands Wednesday with Robonaut. It's the first handshake ever between a human and a humanoid in space.

The legendary NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his famed handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut amid Cold War tensions, died Monday at 93, his ...

NATO’s new commercial space sector strategy and defense spend target hike could be a boon to private space players.

In early January 2023, readers searched for answers after seeing a rumor that said a man lost his hands while riding Space Mountain. One headline on Mouse Trap News read, "Man Seriously Injured on ...

In 1975, a handshake in space heralded an era of cooperation between unlikely partners. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first joint space mission between the U.S. and Soviet space agencies.

These pictures are out of this ghoul-axy. Just in time for Halloween, NASA revealed that the “bones of a ghostly cosmic hand” that died 1,500 years ago are reaching out just above our heads. ...

In 1975, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts met up in space and shook hands. Millions watched on TV as the two spacecraft docked together and the door between the ships opened.

Handshake started 4 decades of space cooperation 02:42 For more on the most important and iconic moments of the 1970s, watch CNN’s “ The Seventies ,” Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.