A Cold War rocket project promised a brutal shortcut to Mars, with the dream of reaching the Red Planet in just 30 days. Its ...
The overall theme of the early part of the Cold War was that of subterfuge — with scientific missions often providing excellent cover for placing missiles right on the USSR’s doorstep. Recently NASA ...
Giant vehicles were used to transport supplies to Camp Century, a U.S. military base in Greenland, shown in June 1959. (Pictorial Parade/Getty Images) As the threat of nuclear war loomed during the ...
The Cold War wasn’t fought only with tanks, bombers, and nuclear missiles. Behind closed doors, scientists, engineers, and intelligence agencies pursued some of the most ambitious and secretive ...
The Cold War was unlike any rivalry in modern history. The United States and Soviet Union faced each other across political, military, technological, and ideological battlefields while possessing ...