Luna-10 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 31, 1966, ripping a noisy, smoke-trailed path through the wide steppe sky ...
While the Soviet Union collapsed beneath them, two cosmonauts trapped in orbit watched their country dissolve through radio ...
After two cosmonauts crash-landed in a wolf-stalked Siberian forest, the Soviet space program built a weapon they still refuse to officially acknowledge. For decades, it flew on every mission, trained ...
This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's ...
Russia was once the world leader in space exploration, but its space program has suffered a string of costly and embarrassing mishaps over the past year. NASA says Russia is still a trustworthy ...
The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...
Space sleuths and their 'scoops' / by Dominic Phelan -- Hidden in plain view / by Brian Haryey -- The satellite trackers / by Sven Grahn -- Cosmonauts who weren't there / by James Oberg -- The view ...
Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...