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Earthrise

On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolizes hope and inspired environmentalism.

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS ARTICLE, [THIRTEEN DAYS DRAFT]

This file contains a draft of an article by Robert F. Kennedy on the Cuban Missile Crisis, later published as the book, "Thirteen Days: A Memoir of…

Pravda Newspaper Article, 'Announcement of the First Satellite'

Announcement of the launch of the first artificial "sputnik" satellite by the Soviet Union.

Top Secret Report of Major Yuri Gagarin

Full Report of Yury Gagarin to the State Commission after his mission, on April 13, 1961.

Cuban Missile Crisis Meeting Summary

This is a meeting summary on two options in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Letter, Kim II Sung to Comrade Stalin I.V., 1951

Letter from Kim Il Sung to Stalin informing him of lead shipments from the DPRK to the
Soviet Union and China.

Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934 - 1968)

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at a press conference in Finland several months after his space flight in 1961.