Venus is a pressure cooker with surface temperatures that melt lead. Yet, in the 1970s, the Soviet Union achieved the impossible: landing probes on its surface. This video chronicles the daring Venera ...

For decades, Venus was a mystery hidden behind thick clouds, and it was the Soviet Union that forced the truth out of it.

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On this day in 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft made history with a close flyby of Venus, marking a major milestone in the early years of space exploration. The mission became America’s first ...

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One of the greatest lyricists of Belarusian music had no rivals when it came to the main thing — the love of listeners. The composer called the theme of the Motherland the major one for him, and it ...

Boney M Featuring Maizie Williams will return to Australia in April 2026 for The Final Curtain Tour, featuring all the major hits performed with a full live band.

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1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. 1991 – The leaders of Russia, ...

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work ...

Closely tied to Washington during much of the Cold War, Venezuela has gone through political upheavals over the years that ...