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A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five
The crew of Soyuz 17 embarked on a historic 29-day mission, surpassing the previous Soviet mission-d
The Salyut 4 space station, designated DOS-4, marked the second phase of the Soviet Union’s civilian
Initially, the rendezvous with Salyut 3 proceeded smoothly. However, as the Soyuz spacecraft approac
Salyut 3 featured a “self-defense” gun purportedly designed by Alexander Nudelman for station use. S
NASA’s Explorer 50, also known as Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-8 or IMP-8, stands as a testame
Scientists had long been intrigued by Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. Despite its
Pioneer 11 detected Saturn’s bow shock on Aug. 31, 1979, about 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers
This second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz 7k-T was flown on Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 4
At this point in 1973, the Soviets were attempting to fly 2 types of space station, the long duratio
Despite predictions, events seldom occur precisely as expected. The calculated breakup altitude of S
The official decision to proceed with the Skylab reboost mission was made on September 1st 1977, ini
Early in the planning stages of the Skylab flight, there was a desire to keep it in orbit long enoug
Activating the station upon arrival was a challenge, but packing up to return home was also a major
The next time an American would venture outside of a spacecraft would be on a Space Shuttle flight a
This crew was the first to celebrate a new year in space 17 times as they orbited the earth and move
“We and everybody on the ground thought that it was going to be a beautiful, brilliant comet. It tur
“Nothing was outside, three times I went out that hatch into the ‘truly great outdoors.’ When I was
