The Soviet Union’s pioneering space missions were among the first to penetrate the thick, toxic clouds of Venus and reveal ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

The Venera program, launched by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, aimed to explore Venus, a planet long considered a mystery due to its thick atmosphere and extreme surface conditions.

When Frank Sinatra popularized “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was probably envisioning a trip up on NASA’s Apollo Lunar Module, ...

June 21 and 22 have long held a special place in the calendar.On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ...

Pentecost and ‘Russia Day’ fell just a few days apart. ‘Where are you, my Church?’ asked Father Andrej Misjuk bitterly, ...

It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then after only a year decides to switch careers entirely and ...

A major new ECFR poll shows how, six months in, the US president is reshaping European politics and the continent’s ...

Some moments in sports transcend time. They are the fleeting moments when hearts, clocks, and even political affairs come to a standstill. A singular move, point, or race whispers something ...

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into establishing tighter security and coerced indoctrination programs for their military ...