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The Soviet Union’s Forgotten Mars-Venus Mission
However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...
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From Moon landing to exploring Mars, NASA has pioneered space science since 1958
NASA is preparing 1st crewed mission to lunar surface in half decade via Artemis program as it continues surveying Mars, ...
MrSpherical on MSN6d
Chernobyl: The World's Worst Nuclear Disaster
On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), ...
We Are The Mighty (WATM) on MSN6d
The top 10 most patriotic moments in sports history
The lasting image of the U.S. win would be Brandi Chastain’s post-penalty kick celebration of the victory, where she fell to ...
Military Aviation History on MSN2d
The forgotten Soviet VTOL jets
We explore the fascinating and often overlooked story of the Soviet Union’s ambitious venture into VTOL (Vertical Take-Off ...
Inside an abandoned secret nuclear missile base deep in the forests of Lithuania
The USSR-built Plokštinė Missile Base once housed nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. Abandoned in the late 1970s, it’s now a museum where visitors enter an underground time capsule to see the ...
Space.com on MSN6d
2 Earth weather satellites accidentally spy on Venus
"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...
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Greetings from Moscow, Russia, where Lenin's tomb attracts a new surge of visitors
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.