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The Soviet space program was crumbling and its cosmonauts were still orbiting Earth

While the Soviet Union collapsed beneath them, two cosmonauts trapped in orbit watched their country dissolve through radio ...

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.
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The classified survival weapon hidden inside every Soviet space capsule

After two cosmonauts crash-landed in a wolf-stalked Siberian forest, the Soviet space program built a weapon they still refuse to officially acknowledge. For decades, it flew on every mission, trained ...
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OTD In Space - January 20: 1st Progress Cargo Delivery Mission Launched

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 20, 1978, the Soviet space program launched the first ever Progress cargo ship on a mission to delivery supplies to the ...
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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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Cold War space sleuths : the untold secrets of the Soviet space program / Dominic Phelan (editor)

Space sleuths and their 'scoops' / by Dominic Phelan -- Hidden in plain view / by Brian Haryey -- The satellite trackers / by Sven Grahn -- Cosmonauts who weren't there / by James Oberg -- The view ...
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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 ...