On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet ...
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The Secret Laser Launched into Space

As the Cold War raged between the United States and the Soviet Union, the possibility of taking the war to outer space seemed ...
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 ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse — with national pride and billions of dollars at stake.