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On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space when he completed a 108-minute orbital flight. The Soviets used this success to their advantage, and Gagarin became a worldwide celebrity. The cartoonist reflects the…

This political cartoon from a St. Louis newspaper sums up America’s despair over the successful Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth. This cartoon alludes to the warming relations between the Soviet Union and India, a…

Exhausted Leathernecks of the 1st Marine Division stop for a brief rest during the bitter fighting at the Chosin Reservoir in Korea in December 1950.

This report assesses the capabilities of North Korea in reference to; the Soviet position, the current political, economic, and military situations, and the current operations against South Korea.

This photograph shows United Nations forces withdrawing from their positions beyond the 38th parallel as Chinese forces pushed forward.

Following Yuri Gagarin’s successful orbit in 1961 and President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious plans for investment in space exploration, the American space program suffered a setback when the unmanned Centaur rocket exploded after takeoff on May 8,…

August 15, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower holds the American flag which was carried in the capsule - retrieved from Discoverer XIII. [72-3525-5]

September 8, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama with Dr. Wernher von Braun. [72-3549-21]

The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the three Western allies secured their areas of influence. When Germany was split into separate states…