How the CIA ‘kidnapped’ a Soviet lunar probe during the space race
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Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, dies at 89
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonovwho flew into space twice — once aboard a refurbished spacecraft and then on the first crew test of a new model …
Climate change is driving the disappearance of the Aral Sea. He is also taking the livelihoods of the residents
MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of that has stopped Nafisa Bayniyazova …
Yuri Temirkanov died
As head of two of Russia’s leading musical institutions, the Kirov (later Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Theater (1976-88) and the Leningrad (later St Petersburg) Philharmonic …