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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry

The chief of Russia’s main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a “critical” condition and cannot continue in its present state. “The ...