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Throughout his life, Soviet space designer Mikhail Tikhonravov (left) never got the credit or acclaim accorded to Sergei Korolev, his friend. Ten years before they launched the world

The Man Behind the Curtain

Space czar Sergei Korolev won fame for the launch of Sputnik, but a more modest genius deserves the credit.
November 2007 | By Asif Siddiqi

The author, whose father was first secretary for the Soviet Communist Paty from 1953 to 1964, relaxes in his office at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

We Shocked the World

Nikita Khrushchev's son recalls the night Sputnik made history.
August 2007 | By Sergei Khrushchev (Translated by Lyudmila Khomenko Chillico)

After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age, Smithsonian/HarperCollins, 2007.

It All Started with Sputnik

An eminent space historian looks back on the first 50 years of space exploration.
July 2007 | By Roger D. Launius

Baikonur

It ain't pretty, but it sure does work.
March 2001 | By John Sotham


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