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On March 1, 1982 a Soviet probe named Venera 13 sent home the first color photographs ever taken from the surface of another planet, drilled into the ground of Venus, and kept working for 127 minutes in heat that melts lead " four times longer than its builders expected, a feat no nation has repeated in over 40 years.
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (405+ words) On March 1, 1982 the Soviet probe Venera 13 sent home the first color photographs ever taken from the surface of another planet, drilled into Venus, and survived 127 minutes in heat that melts lead " four times its design life, a feat no nation…...
In 1971 the Soviet Union Became the First Nation to Land a Spacecraft on Mars. It Transmitted for About 14. 5 Seconds, Sent Back One Blank Grey Image, and Died
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (366+ words) In 1971 a Soviet probe became the first spacecraft to land on Mars, five years before NASA. It transmitted for about 14. 5 seconds, sent one blank image, and died....
The First Living Creature To Orbit Earth Was A Stray Dog Sent Up Knowing She Could Never Come Back. For 45 Years The Soviets Lied About How She Died
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (597+ words) In 1957 the Soviet Union sent a Moscow stray named Laika into orbit with no way home, and for 45 years claimed she died peacefully after days in space. The truth, admitted in 2002, was that she overheated within hours " the first creature…...
Space X Was Built to Colonize Mars. Now It's Going to the Moon Instead, and That May Be the Smarter Path to the Red Planet
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (650+ words) Space X was built to colonize Mars, but it's pivoting to the Moon first. Far from a failure, it may be the smarter, cheaper path to the Red Planet, and a check on China....
Artemis III: America Already Went to the Moon. It Has to Relearn Almost Everything to Go Back, and China Is Right Behind
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (843+ words) America already landed on the Moon, then threw away the technology to return. Now it's rebuilding that capability from scratch, with China racing for the same ground....
Two Russian Military Satellites Just Maneuvered Within 10 Feet of Each Other in Orbit " at 17, 000 MPH and Without Touching
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (419+ words) Two classified Russian satellites just held formation 10 feet apart in low Earth orbit at 17, 000 mph. The COSMOS 2581 and COSMOS 2583 maneuver, caught on radar April 28, has U. S. officials worried Moscow is testing a new anti-satellite weapon....
Why Elon Musk and Space X Just Quietly Reprioritized From Mars to the Moon
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) If we can establish a Mars colony, we can almost certainly colonize the whole Solar System, because we'll have created a strong economic forcing function for the improvement of space travel. We'll go to the moons of Jupiter, at least…...
We Touched the Super Guppy: NASA's Whale-Shaped Cargo Plane Has a 25-Foot-Wide Internal Diameter, Swallowed Apollo Rocket Stages Whole, and Only One Still Flies
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (904+ words) Unsurprisingly, many fish species have served as the namesake for submarines" names. The guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is among the relatively few fish species to have both a submarine'as in the GUPPY-class submarines of the early Cold War'and an airplane named…...
China Plans to Industrialize the Moon With Mines, Factories and Power Stations. The U. S. Has Not Established a Permanent Lunar Presence
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (385+ words) To seize the opportunity, however, we cannot treat the Moon as yet another science project. We need to approach it as a project for long-term prosperity. In other words, a successful Moon base will need to be commercial from day…...
Monday Quote of the Day By Stephen Hawking: 'Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of. ."
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (999+ words) Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always…...