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The Soviet atomic bomb gives birth to a new arms race -- which
turns into a space race. But any promising technological advances
are overshadowed by the threat of long-range nuclear destruction.
 
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| The 23-man crew of the Japanese fishing vessel "Lucky Dragon" witnessed a "dazzling light" on the morning of March 1, 1954. They were in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
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| From 1959 to 1969, Soviet filmmaker Vladimir Suvorov documented Russia's
space exploits on camera and in a secret diary. Here is his insider's
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| Spy planes, satellites and other tools of surveillance that fueled
Cold War tensions now serve as instruments of peace, verifying the dismantling of nuclear arsenals.
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TIME: The Cruise of the Vostok
April 21, 1961
PRAVDA: A great victory in the peaceful competition with capitalism
October 9, 1957
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Francis Gary Powers wasn't the only pilot shot down
over the Soviet Union on May Day, 1960. Soviet missiles
also destroyed one of the MiG fighter jets that had been
sent to intercept him.
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