Soviet UnionSecurityHow a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in MusicCultureThis 'Post-Soviet Sad 3D' Game Is Not About Having FunPhotoRetracing a 1,300-Mile Escape From a Soviet Gulag in WWIIJune 20, 1963: Cuban Missile Crisis Spurs Moscow-D.C. 'Hot Line'June 13, 1955: Innumerable Carats of Ice Amid Actual Siberian IceMarch 23, 1983: Reagan Taunts the Russians With 'Star Wars' PlanOct. 24, 1960: Soviet Rocket Explodes, Killing Top Engineers, TechniciansOct. 18, 1945: Red Spy Steals U.S. Atom Bomb SecretsOct. 7, 1959: Luna 3's Images From the Dark SideOct. 6, 1956: Sabin Polio Vaccine Ready to TestOct. 4, 1957: Soviets Put Man-Made Moon in Orbit!Sept. 26, 1960: JFK, Nixon Open the Era of TV DebatesSept. 14, 1959: Moon Feels First Cold Touch of HumansSept. 1, 1939: Wehrmacht Puts the Blitz in KriegAug. 29, 1965: Long-Distance Calling ... Very Long DistanceAug. 22, 1962: First Nuke-Powered Cargo Ship DocksJuly 25: 4 Women Who Made a DifferenceJuly 5, 1943: Defeat at Kursk Heralds Twilight of the PanzersJune 14, 1962: Western Europe Officially Joins the Space RacePhotoThe Soviet Superplane Program That Rattled Area 51May 16, 1960: Researcher Shines a Laser LightApril 19, 1971: Soviets Put First Space Station Into OrbitApril 13, 1953: Bond Starts Shaking Things Up, Stirring His FansApril 12, 1961: Soviets Orbit Gagarin, First Human in SpaceMore Stories