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Tag Archives: Soviet
Polyus-Skif: the Soviet’s Laser-Wielding Satellite That Almost Was
On the evening of Wednesday, March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan delivered a televised address about defense and national security. “Let me share with you a vision of the future,” the president began a last-minute addition to the half-hour speech. … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Soviet, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Buran, Energia, Polyus-Skif, Soviet
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Yuri Gagarin’s Controversial Landing
Today marks the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic Vostok 1 flight. On April 12, 1961, the unknown Soviet Air Force pilot became the first man to orbit the Earth. But there’s a controversy surrounding the flight that’s been lost in … Continue reading
It Happened in Space – Mars PropM Rovers
Long before the Sky Crane lowered Curiosity into Gale Crater, before the twin MER rovers Spirit and Opportunity bounced across the Martian surface, even before Sojourner was a glimmer in its designers’ eyes the Soviet Union launched the twin Prop-M … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Curiosity, Mars, MER Rovers, NASA, Prop-M Rover, Sojourner, Soviet
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Phantom Cosmonauts
The Soviet Union was notoriously secretive about its space program in the early 1960s. Missions weren’t announced before they launched, and failures were covered up and labeled as test flights or booster development flights. Adding to the mystery surrounding the … Continue reading
Laika (Muttnik) on SciLogs
On Saturday, October 5, 1957, word that the Soviets had put a 184-pound satellite, Sputnik, into orbit the night before spread throughout the United States. Fear and paranoia spread throughout the country while the Soviet Union celebrated, specifically the scientists … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Soviet
Tagged Khrushchev, Korolev, Laika, Soviet, Sputnik, Sputnik 2
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The Psychological Impact of Sputnik
Today marks 55 years since the Soviet Union launched history first artificial satellite, Sputnik. It was, by all accounts, an innocuous satellite; it weighed about 184-pounds and it beeped. It wasn’t broadcasting secret messages or pinpointing the locations of major … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Rockets, Soviet, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Eisenhower, IGY, Khrushchev, R7, Soviet, Space Race, Sputnik, Sputnik 2
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First Woman
China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft successfully reached orbit yesterday, and tomorrow it will dock with the Tiangong 1 prototype space station the nation launched last September. But it’s the crew that’s commanding the most attention on this mission, namely pilot Liu … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Soviet, Uncategorized
Tagged Gagarin, Soviet, Soviet Space Program
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