Russian cosmonauts became the only people to die in space after spending 23 days orbiting Earth
Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...
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The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race
cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Peter Gorin. NASA. The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and ...
Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk
While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...
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The Ramifications Of Losing The New Space Race
When the United States won the space race in 1969 by putting Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon, America exhibited technological superiority over the Soviet Union, further cementing its reputation ...
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Nikita Khrushchev’s Son Watched his Father Lose the Space Race. 50 Years After the Moon Landing, He Holds No Grudge
The dream of beating the Americans was finished and the Soviet engineers knew it. Now, the former premier, who had led the early years of the race to space, was reduced to following the news of ...
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The best show on Apple TV+ is coming back – and it’s bringing a spin-off series
So I'm beyond excited at the news that not only has a fifth season been greenlit, but that there's also a new companion series, Star City, following the Soviet space race. If you're not already ...