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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analysisJuly 28, 2025
The Space Race: How Cold War Rivalry Launched the Space Age
From Sputnik in 1957 to Apollo-Soyuz in 1975: how the US-Soviet Cold War rivalry compressed centuries of progress into 18 years and put 12 men on the Moon.