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Salyut 3 and the Soviet space cannon, when the USSR tested a gun in orbit during the Cold War space race
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly launched military space stations under the Almaz program, some even armed with a cannon designed to defend against hostile spacecraft. In 1975, one of ...
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R-36 Orb: The forbidden space weapon hidden behind ‘alien’ sightings
In the spring of 1967, a series of unusual sightings began to grip the ...
Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...
Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...
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 ...
On February 22, 1966, two Soviet space dogs launched on a mission that would set a new record for the longest spaceflight.
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system. A cutaway diagram of the Venera 8 landing ...
A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to come home. Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in March 1972 ...
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