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A failed Soviet Venus probe from the '70s crashed to Earth in May — why was it so hard to track?
"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...
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How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race
National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...
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The Soviet Rocket That Almost Changed History With the Biggest Explosion Ever Recorded
On July 3, 1969, an unthinkable event unfolded at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, as the Soviet N1 rocket, a colossal ...
These four countries can fight wars in space, destroyed their own satellites because…, the countries are….
The United States has developed anti-satellite (ASAT) missile technology to step ahead in the future warfare. In 1985, US ...
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First Ever Images of Venus: The Soviet Probe’s Unbelievable Mission Revealed
The Soviet Union’s pioneering space missions were among the first to penetrate the thick, toxic clouds of Venus and reveal ...
Investing in Space: Iron Dome's performance could be Golden Dome's opportunity
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered ...
Smelling cash in the space race
Space has an odour. Visitors to the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, US, can smell it by pressing a button to inhale ...
Eager to become a space superpower, India is sending its 1st astronaut to space in 4 decades
The months leading up to the launch of Axiom Mission 4, a private space flight to the International Space Station carrying ...
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Space Economy Projected to Reach Trillions by 2035
Space exploration once again proves the superiority of capitalism. The space race between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1960s has now been replaced by a contest between the United ...
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How the space race launched an era of exploration beyond Earth
Tensions ran high at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the morning of April 12, 1961, as the Soviet Union prepared to launch the first human into space. Of the 16 previous attempts to propel the U.S.S.R ...
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Why astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is taking a swan to space
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to reach the ISS since 1984, is taking 'Joy', a white plush swan ...