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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

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|Date: March 22, 2020
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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a ...

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a record-long time in space: 437 days and 18 hours. He spent that time on the space station Mir, ...

March 22, 2020
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1965: What did the First Human Spacewalk Look Like

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|Date: March 18, 2020
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1965: What did the First Human Spacewalk Look Like

On this day, for the first time in the history of mankind, an astronaut conducted a spacewalk, i.e. left ...

On this day, for the first time in the history of mankind, an astronaut conducted a spacewalk, i.e. left the spacecraft and stayed there wearing only a space suit. This historic walk was made by the S ...

March 18, 2020
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1958: What is the Oldest Manmade Object in Space?

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1958: What is the Oldest Manmade Object in Space?

The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the Americans back in 1958, precisely on this day. It is interes ...

The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the Americans back in 1958, precisely on this day. It is interesting that NASA did not yet exist at the time. The oldest manmade body which is still in orbit a ...

March 17, 2020
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1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

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|Date: February 20, 2020
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1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, ...

The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, the space station reached a mass unsurpassed by any previous spacecraft – around 130 tons. The ...

February 20, 2020
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2009: Russian and American Satellites Collide at around 42,000 km/h

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|Date: February 10, 2020
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2009: Russian and American Satellites Collide at around 42,000 km/h

This day in 2009 marked the first time in history that two artificial satellites collided at high velocit ...

This day in 2009 marked the first time in history that two artificial satellites collided at high velocity in the Earth's orbit. The satellites in question were the Russian Kosmos-2251 and the America ...

February 10, 2020
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1934: Who was the First Jew in Space?

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1934: Who was the First Jew in Space?

This day marked the birth of the first astronaut of Jewish descent who was launched into space. His name ...

This day marked the birth of the first astronaut of Jewish descent who was launched into space. His name was Boris Volynov and was a Soviet astronaut – more precisely cosmonaut (as the Soviets called ...

December 18, 2019
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1946: The First Photo of Earth from Space was Taken by a Nazi V-2 Rocket

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|Date: October 24, 2019
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1946: The First Photo of Earth from Space was Taken by a Nazi V-2 Rocket

On this day in 1946, the first photos of Earth were taken from space. It is very interesting that this wa ...

On this day in 1946, the first photos of Earth were taken from space. It is very interesting that this was done using V-2 rockets which were designed in the time of Nazi Germany. Namely, Hitler's Thir ...

October 24, 2019
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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully s ...

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully send a man into space. Only two other countries (the USA and the USSR/Russia) have thus far mana ...

October 15, 2019
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