#Cold War

Stories tagged “Cold War” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• The Rocket That Exploded on Live TV and Got Called 'Kaputnik'
• The Spaceship That Was Supposed to Ride Atomic Bombs to Saturn
• Laika: The Moscow Stray Who Orbited Earth, and the Truth Hidden for 45 Years
• Polywater: The New Form of Water That Almost Ate the World
• The Airplane That Carried a Nuclear Reactor

Related topics: #atomic age #1969 #animals in space #contamination #Derjaguin #Freeman Dyson #impossible inventions #Laika