Soviet Space Program
Cultural Impact: Late-Soviet Decline and Legacy2:3 portrait Soviet propaganda poster, dark and confrontational. Center: a massive open human hand, palm outward, blocking an incoming missile painted with U.S. stars-and-stripes markings. Upper right: a small peaceful blue Earth. Upper left: a red NO symbol crossing out a small missile. Background: black sky with stars. Bottom band reads КОСМОС ПРИНАДЛЕЖИТ ВСЕМ (Space Belongs to Everyone) in heavy condensed sans-serif.
Космос Принадлежит Всем

Space Belongs to Everyone

1984 - Anti-SDI era

Soviet propaganda poster in the visual idiom of 1984, protesting the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars program). A massive open hand blocks a U.S. missile heading toward a peaceful Earth. The visual language of 1960s Soviet space triumph repurposed as 1980s protest art. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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