On March 6, 1986, the Soviet Union's Vega 1 spacecraft flew by Halley's Comet. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Vega 1 was the first of five missions to fly by Halley's Comet in the ...
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Salyut 3 and the Soviet space cannon, when the USSR tested a gun in orbit during the Cold War space race
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly launched military space stations under the Almaz program, some even armed with a cannon designed to defend against hostile spacecraft. In 1975, one of ...
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