analysisApril 16, 2026
From Sputnik to Mir: The Rise of the Soviet-Russian Space Dominance (Part 1)
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, put the first human in orbit, did the first spacewalk, built the first space stations, and dominated space for 30
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analysisAugust 25, 2025
Women in Space: From Valentina Tereshkova to the Artemis Generation
From Valentina Tereshkova's 1963 Vostok flight to Peggy Whitson's record 665 days and Christina Koch on Artemis II: the women astronauts reshaping human spaceflight.