In October 1960, a rushed Soviet missile test triggered a catastrophic explosion that killed over a hundred people and was concealed from the world for decades. Drawing on declassified records and ...

On October 24, 1960, a prototype Soviet missile exploded on the launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, killing nearly 200 engineers and officers. Known as the Nedelin catastrophe, it remains the deadliest ...

The USSR’s ambitious Mars mission was initially planned to launch in 1975, but it was never executed. During the Cold War, significant advancements occurred in the fields of science and technology as ...