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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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China To Build Ground Stations In Antarctica To Enhance Ocean Monitoring
China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.
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Chinese Hypersonic Test Like A "Sputnik Moment": Top US General
The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday that China's recent test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile was akin to the Soviet Union's stunning launch of the world's first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, which sparked the superpowers' space race.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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At 82, NASA Pioneer Sue Finley Still Reaching For The Stars
Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier.
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Vladimir Putin Denies Russia to Reopen Soviet-Era Spy Post in Cuba
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.
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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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China To Build Ground Stations In Antarctica To Enhance Ocean Monitoring
China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.
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Chinese Hypersonic Test Like A "Sputnik Moment": Top US General
The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday that China's recent test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile was akin to the Soviet Union's stunning launch of the world's first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, which sparked the superpowers' space race.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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At 82, NASA Pioneer Sue Finley Still Reaching For The Stars
Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier.
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Vladimir Putin Denies Russia to Reopen Soviet-Era Spy Post in Cuba
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.
