Amy Teitel
The Clunky Little Ball That Caused Mass Hysteria
This October 4th marks the 55th anniversary of the Soviet Union launching Sputnik, history’s first artificial satellite. It was a momentous occasion, to be sure. But at the time, the Soviet and U.S. responses couldn’t have been more different: While...
Photos of Neil Armstrong Doing Cool Stuff on Earth
We always see pictures of Neil Armstrong in his Apollo spacesuit, training to walk on the Moon, walking on it. But Armstrong was so much more than an astronaut.
The Horrific Fall of Vladimir Komarov
The cosmonaut screamed until his charred remains smashed into earth.
Soviet Moon Mystery Solved By NASA, 50 Years Later
While the United States was fighting to get a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s, the Soviet Union was working hard to return a sample of lunar soil as part of the robotic Luna program.