NASA has been a symbol of human creativity, curiosity, and resolve since its founding on October 1, 1958. NASA was America's ambitious reaction to the Soviet Union's early achievements in space ...

The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the planet's two strongest nations. Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun ...

One by one, Communist governments loyal to Moscow seized power in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.