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Gagarin’s Vostok 1 reentry crisis, the hidden malfunctions the Soviet Union kept secret for 10 years
In April 1961, Yuri Gagarin made history, but the return to Earth was far more chaotic than the Soviet Union ever admitted. This is the real story of Vostok 1’s reentry failures, the off-course ...
Today, as discussions continue over whether and when the US will rejoin the WHO, the comparison with the Soviet withdrawal in ...
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The cosmonaut left in orbit when the Soviet Union collapsed, Sergei Krikalev’s 312 days above a vanishing nation
In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This is the story of how he became the last Soviet citizen in space, endured months of ...
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