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OTD in space - January 20: 1st Progress cargo delivery mission launched

On January 20, 1978, the Soviet space program launched the first ever Progress cargo ship on a mission to delivery supplies ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

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 ...
The National Interest

The Forgotten Soviet Plan to Beat the US to Mars

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 ...
Yahoo

Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to father of Soviet space program

Russian President Putin chairs a meeting on the development of Russian Navy in Saint Petersburg MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to ...
insider.si.edu

Voices of the Soviet space program : cosmonauts, soldiers, and engineers who took the USSR into space / [edited by] Slava Gerovitch

Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...
New Atlas

Cold War-era Soviet probe set to crash back to Earth next week

The Space Age past may come knocking on the world's door next week as the defunct Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Venus lander from 1972 makes an unwelcome return home and is predicted to crash into the ...
Scientific American

This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth

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 ...