OTD in space – April 19: World's 1st space station launches into orbit

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...
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Russia Once Built a Militarized Space Station. Will It Try Again?

The most striking feature of the Almaz station was the 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter (NR-23) cannon, a modified aircraft gun adapted for use in the unforgiving vacuum of space. “This battle station is now ...
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The Soviet space program : the lunar mission years, 1959-1976 / Eugen Reichl

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...
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The launchpad massacre the Soviet Union buried for decades

Two catastrophic explosions at Baikonur killed hundreds and crippled the Soviet space program, yet the Kremlin kept both disasters hidden from the world. Declassified documents and survivor accounts ...
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Selling peace : inside the Soviet conspiracy that transformed the U.S. Space Program / Jeffrey Manber

pt. I. Zero-gravity capitalists : 1988-1990. Knocking on the Soviet's door ; Perestroika in orbit ; Tricking state and NASA ; The world turns upside down ; The Mir really exists ; Aren't two routes ...