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The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat

A Claim to Lead, a Hesitation to Act: Germany’s New Military Strategy

Germany unveils new military strategy amid rising tensions with Russia

Target Moscow: The Ukraine War Has Come Right to Putin’s Doorstep

A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou