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The Forgotten Soviet Space Plane

The Experimental Passenger Orbital Aircraft program, also known as Spiral, was a Soviet secret project created to develop an ...
Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Her one-way mission ...
The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details. That soon-to-reenter Cosmos 482 is getting ...
Laika was the first animal to orbit Earth. Learn why she was chosen, how she was trained, and how her historic 1957 mission helped shape human space travel.
Laika was launched into orbit by the Soviet space scientists to test the life expectancy in outer space. The Soviet media ...
In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra's song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic ...
In 1963, France launched Félicette, the first cat into space aboard a Véronique AGI 47 rocket. Her 13-minute suborbital ...