The Yak-40, developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the 1960s, is one of the most unique and iconic Soviet passenger ...

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 ...

Tereshkova was launched aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, and became the first woman to fly in space. In the nearly three-day flight, Vostok 6 made 48 orbits of Earth.