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In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it? For over a hundred ...
Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...
"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...
On June 23, 1949, the XS-1, a rocket engine-powered spaceplane flying faster than the speed of sound, passed its 117th flight.