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A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took...
York man's ashes blasted into space aboard the Enterprise - along with Star Trek crew
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDavid Gardner came of age during the space race. He was 4 years old in 1957 when the Soviet Union...
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPeople of a certain age who grew up in Memphis know all too well about Sputnik Monroe, the professional wrestler who used the power of celebrity and popular culture to move the racial equality ...
Russia Reportedly Launches ‘Counter-Space’ Satellite
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFrom the The Morning Dispatch on The Dispatch In this pool photograph distributed by Russia's state-run news agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir...
‘Revolutionary’ space catapult receives funding for first launches
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn innovative launch system designed to catapult payloads into space at 8,000kph (5,000mph) has...
What does Nasa stand for? What you should know about the space agency
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNasa is the US civilian space agency, an organization so tightly connected to the history of space...
Orion Griffin: Today in history: Launch of Sputnik 1
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 4—66 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world into the space race after sending the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds ...
Watch the Final Moments of a Dead Satellite As It Tumbles Through the Atmosphere
SYFY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBetween the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and today, humanity has collectively dropped tens of thousands...
What is DARPA? The rich history of the Pentagon’s secretive tech agency
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 4 as seen in 2017. For a time, this vehicle was...
World Space Week 2023 kicks off Oct. 4 to highlight the growing private space economy
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA pink-suited astronaut holding a water bottle and briefcase . World Space Week 2023 is upon us, and...