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Sputnik and the code that the Americans could not decode
On October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was the first object to enter Earth's atmosphere in a controlled fashion.
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SpaceX rocket creates strange hyphen in the sky
A photographer shares a glowing streak of dashes in the night sky above Arizona after part of a Falcon 9 rocket fell back to Earth.
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Project to develop a refueling ship right in orbit
The APS-R will provide refueling services to compatible vehicles in geostationary orbit at an altitude of approximately 35,800km above the equator.
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Why can astronauts 'fly' in space?
Humans sense position and movement on the ground based on the condition of Earth's gravity. In zero-gravity space, will that sensory nerve be altered, warping perception?
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Chinese startup builds rockets for global express delivery
Express delivery by rocket will likely be a popular and widely used method in the near future.
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Space junk from the ISS station fell through American homes
NASA announced on April 2 that they were analyzing an object that fell from the sky and hit a house in Florida, most likely trash from the ISS station.
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NASA spacecraft reveals the cause of radio signal loss in the Pacific Ocean
A very powerful explosion ionized the upper part of the Earth's atmosphere, leading to disruption of shortwave radio signals.
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The first Vietnamese woman will travel into space
Amanda Nguyen's trip to space is part of the Citizen Astronaut program of the non-profit organization Space For Humanity, according to information shared by this organiz…
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft passes a series of important tests
According to the plan, in less than 6 months, NASA will launch Europa Clipper on a 2.6 billion km journey to the moon Europa - a moon of Jupiter.
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NASA received a communication signal from a spacecraft 24 billion kilometers away
After a long period of communication problems with Voyager 1, NASA for the first time received a meaningful signal from a spacecraft flying in interstellar space.
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The truth about 'time traveler' Sergei Ponomarenko
Sergei Ponomarenko's suspicious appearance on a street in the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught the attention of the police.
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NASA found the Ingenuity helicopter crashed in a place that could contain life
The Perseverance spacecraft sent back images of the friend to Earth
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Europe's Mars Express spacecraft captured images of 'shocks' on Mars
New data from Mars Express doesn't just lift the curtain
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China develops engines to help nuclear spacecraft fly to Mars
Chinese researchers are developing a 1.5 megawatt reactor that will be as tall as a 20-story building when expanded, allowing for round-trip travel between Earth and Mar…