PBS

The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race

"I believe that [Apollo program director George Low] certainly was concerned, and rightly so, that we could have orbited the moon ahead of the Americans. We had everything for it. That is why he ...
The Scientist

Setbacks In Soviet Space Program Worry U.S. Collaborators, NASA

WASHINGTON—U.S. space scientists, frustrated by delays caused by the explosion of the shuttle Challenger, have increasingly pinned their hopes on joint experiments with a thriving Soviet space program ...
insider.si.edu

Voices of the Soviet space program : cosmonauts, soldiers, and engineers who took the USSR into space / [edited by] Slava Gerovitch

Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

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 ...
Foreign Affairs

The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

Strausbaugh reexamines the familiar topic of the Soviet Union’s initial lead in the space race with the United States, an advantage that lasted from 1957, with the launch of Sputnik, the first ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Cultural History of Soviet Cosmonauts

A new book explores the legacy of the Soviet Union’s human spaceflight program Diane Tedeschi Yuri Gagarin’s status as an icon is evident in Russia’s many memorials for the pioneering cosmonaut, ...
SlashGear

How The Soviets Repurposed A Cold War Bomber For The Space Program

The Cold War, through necessity, was a time of rapid advancement in military aircraft technology. This makes perfect sense. Given the distance that was expected to have to be covered to engage in ...
insider.si.edu

Selling peace : inside the Soviet conspiracy that transformed the U.S. Space Program / Jeffrey Manber

pt. I. Zero-gravity capitalists : 1988-1990. Knocking on the Soviet's door ; Perestroika in orbit ; Tricking state and NASA ; The world turns upside down ; The Mir really exists ; Aren't two routes ...
Gizmodo

Abandoned remains from the Soviet Shuttle Program

What happens when space programs are left to die? In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, the Buran reusable spacecraft program was canceled, leaving the launchpads and equipment to decay. The ...
Yahoo

‘For All Mankind’ Renewed for Season 5, Soviet Space Program Spinoff in the Works at Apple TV+

“For All Mankind” has been renewed for Season 5 at Apple TV+. In addition, Variety has learned the streamer has ordered a spinoff series focusing on the Soviet space program. The spinoff is currently ...
Forbes

Russia’s Once-Dominant Space Program Suffers Another Setback As Space Station Component Leaks

A Russian multipurpose module attached to the International Space Station started leaking coolant from a backup cooling system, the Russian space agency said Monday—the third leak in less than a year ...