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Soviet Space Program: Exclusive Interview with a Top Engineer

Kinescope of the famous Nixon and Khrushchev interaction. The film discusses a conversation about the competition between American and Soviet engineering, highlighting the achievements of both nations ...
PBS

The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race

"I believe that [Apollo program director George Low] certainly was concerned, and rightly so, that we could have orbited the moon ahead of the Americans. We had everything for it. That is why he ...
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 ...
Jalopnik

Russia's Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space

NASA's iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our ...
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 ...