Soviets

Why Did the Soviets 'Copy' the Space Shuttle?

Russians claimed they were not trying to reach the Moon first, but in 1989 a group of American aerospace engineers went to Moscow and finally saw the Soviets’ failed lunar-landing craft for themselves

What If the Soviets Had Walked on the Moon First?

The US Air Force considered detonating a nuke on the moon to one-up the Soviets in the late 1950s. Called Project A119, it was concluded there would be no typical mushroom cloud, but the flash would be visible from Earth. The idea was abandoned, in part, because "world opinion [would be] negative.”

5 Eye-Opening Tidbits From America’s Space Race With The Soviets

Skeletons of WWII-era nuns murdered by Soviets unearthed in Poland