The Tragic Story Of Laika, The Soviet ‘Canine Cosmonaut’ Who Made Space History In 1957
On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...
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Musk Vows To Fix US Gov't IT, Finds It Harder Than Launching Rocket Into Orbit
SpaceX chief executive and technology tycoon Elon Musk promised on Saturday to help the incoming US administration fix the ...
The ‘Darkest Day’: The Trauma of Jan. 6 Is Still With Us
Readers discuss a guest essay by a former Capitol Police officer and news articles. Also: Health coverage woes; investing in ...
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How Huawei brought on a Sputnik moment in world trade
Weeks after Huawei’s phone launch, the Biden administration tightened ... Huawei’s rise had been a Sputnik moment. It had changed the way that people around the world thought about innovation ...
Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy
The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7 ...
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What is DARPA?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958, in the wake of the Soviet Union's Sputnik launch the year before. Worried that the U.S. was losing its technological ...
The presidents of Russia and Iran sign a partnership treaty in a Kremlin ceremony
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact Friday as ...
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Sputnik, space and me
Sputnik was hurled skywards on the experimental R-7 rocket, powered by liquid oxygen mixed with kerosene, from launch facilities that are still functional and no less remote today in Tyuratam ...