On October 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in the Zond program. After the first three Zond missions explored Venus and ...

The Soviet Union’s successful Zond-5 space mission in 1968 prompted NASA to speed up the Apollo program—ultimately driving it to its successful conclusion the following year. In the heated frenzy of ...

Discover insights from Apollo 11 interviews and the fascinating role of Soviet lunar missions in the race to the Moon. Last week, I did the first in a series of interviews about Apollo 11 with CBC’s ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...