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The space race then and now: From the erstwhile US-Soviet rivalry to the current China factor
Where the rivalry of the 50s and 60s played out as a race of 'firsts,' the US-China rivalry is about sustained presence on ...
That’s what Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin yelled when his rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan. It means “Let’s go!” Despite American attempts to catch up to the ...
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The launchpad explosion that killed 100 Soviet engineers, hidden behind a fake plane crash
In October 1960, a catastrophic explosion at Baikonur wiped out nearly a hundred of the Soviet Union's top rocket engineers, ...
"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin launched into the great beyond, becoming the first human ...
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How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon in Apple TV's new 'Star City'?
"I take this step for my country, for my people, and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life." ...
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