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SpaceX to launch 4 passengers around Earth's poles; no professional astronauts will be on board
No humans have traveled directly over the Earth's poles from space. SpaceX will attempt to launch four passengers over the Earth's poles.
Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its ...
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20 Facts About the Apollo Space Missions That Most Americans Don't Know
The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...
Space Security and Governmental Oversight of Nongovernmental Space Actors
SpaceX alternately gained the ire of both the United States and Russia: first for providing Ukraine with internet access ...
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Artificial Meteor Showers from V-2 Rocket
We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...
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These animals made it to space before even humans did
The pioneers: Fruit flies and Albert the monkey The first animals to reach space were fruit flies, launched aboard a V-2 rocket by the United States ... She was launched aboard the Soviet Union’s ...
Interesting Engineering18d
The Militarization of Space: What Would a “Space Force” Look Like?
Article V spells this ... the UR-200 rocket, which would be responsible for launching ASAT platforms to orbit. This was followed in 1961 with the commencement of the Soviet Union’s “Istrebitel ...
Interesting Engineering19d
Ad Astra: The future of propulsion technology
On Earth, that means achieving a velocity of 6.96 mi/s (11.2 km/s ... The Soviet Union also researched the technology, which yielded the RD-0410, a nuclear thermal rocket engine developed ...
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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March ... toward its spaceborne destination of Lagrange Point 2 — and for good reason. Related: James Webb Space Telescope ...
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VTA files legal action against transit union over strike
The transit agency said its final offer includes a proposed wage increase of 4%, 3%, and 2% over the next three years, totaling 9%, along with a $1,500 one-time payment. Union members employed by ...
The Next Web19d
What is Eutelsat, Europe’s rising rival to Starlink?
The idea was to develop a satellite-based telecommunications infrastructure independent from the US or the Soviet Union. In 1983, Eutelsat became the first European provider of satellite TV.
The Conversation19d
Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?
“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the ...