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National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear ...

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In the history of space exploration, the Soviet Union achieved some remarkable feats, one of which was landing a spacecraft on Venus,something that seemed impossible given the harsh conditions of the ...

The four-member crew also has astronauts from Poland and Hungary – countries that, like India, are sending their nationals to ...

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The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to touch down on Venus. Because of a propulsion problem, it never escaped ...