The First Spacewalk Could Have Ended in Tragedy for Alexei Leonov. Here’s What Went Wrong

On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev.
The Spokesman-Review

Soviet spacecraft crash lands on Earth after a journey of half a century

After looping through space for 53 years, a wayward Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth, entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time Saturday, according to Roscosmos, ...
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 ...
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Inside the Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles | Buran Program Exposed

We ventured deep into the Kazakhstan desert to uncover one of the Soviet Union’s most secretive and ambitious Cold War projects: the abandoned Buran space shuttles. Hidden inside massive hangars at ...
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'Star City' brings Soviet space program's shadow wars to 'For All Mankind' universe

Apple TV is ready to take viewers back into its alternate space race, but this time, the story will not follow NASA. As ‘For All Mankind‘ prepares for its highly anticipated fifth season, the platform ...
The New York Times

Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century

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 ...