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24 Oct
2021
October 24, 2021

First Pictures: The View of Earth from Space – October 24, 1946

Today we take for granted that we can instantly access images of almost any part of the Earth taken from space using a growing array of […]
Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing History, Remote Sensing Instruments, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight
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16 Oct
2017
October 16, 2017

Fritz Zwicky’s Solar Orbiting Pellets

The world’s unexpected reaction to the launching of Sputnik on October 4, 1957 proved to be of immense propaganda value to the Soviet Union (see “Sputnik: […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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26 Apr
2016
April 26, 2016

Redstone: The Missile That Launched America into Space

During the earliest years of the Space Age, it seemed that the US Army’s Redstone missile was constantly present. On May 5, 1961 a modified Redstone […]
Manned Spaceflight, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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