Take a rocket launch into the dizzying expanses of Soviet space propaganda.

Curling snow drifts along the Dnieper River remind of a Hokusai painting.

In 1947, on the 17th day of February, one of the largest meteorites to strike the Earth in the twentieth century fell in the Russian Far East. Its landing site was a perfect spot from which to watch the Geminid meteor showers.

This week goes intergalactic with a moon colony, two jedi masters, and several unhappy taxi drivers.

News items on everything from the ISS to politics, from banyas to a new train station.