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Nearly 70 years ago, the world’s first satellite took flight. Three Alaska scientists were among the first North Americans to spot it.
The Alaska researchers studied radio astronomy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and had their own tracking station in a ...
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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was ...
The Tragic Story Of Laika, The Soviet ‘Canine Cosmonaut’ Who Made Space History In 1957
On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...
Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
Pakistan launched its first home-made observation satellite on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern ...
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World's First Wood Satellite Is Now Floating in Space
LignoSat is by all intents and purposes the world's first wooden satellite to be deployed beyond the borders of our world. It doesn't pack any internal gear that will help it monitor stuff outside ...
Google-backed Pixxel launches India’s first private satellite constellation
Pixxel, an Indian space tech startup backed by Google, has successfully launched the first three hyperspectral satellites of ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight
Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used ...