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When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...
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Soviet spacecraft coming back to Earth
A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...
A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and ...
In April 1983, 10-year-old Samantha Smith received an invite behind the Iron Curtain from Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after ...
In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air ...
When it launched in the spring of 1972, Kosmos 482 was meant to land on Venus. Instead, it’s on track to land a little closer ...
In the 105 days since Donald Trump began his second term as President, political observers and experts have been working to ...
A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in ...
In a stash of photos obtained by Hasidic Archives, families who had smuggled across the border between the Soviet Union and ...
The Space Age past may come knocking on the world's door next week as the defunct Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Venus lander from ...
The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery ...
Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over the Nazis in an intense fight for the German ...