It was supposed to be a Soviet triumph. Instead, it became the most public crash in the history of Cold War aviation. A ...

The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days.

The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days.

While conducting a display, the Tu-144, CCCP-77102, entered a sharp dive. ... The Soviet Union though, and Tupolev do deserve a bit of credit for the Tu-144.

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...