The Space Race – The story of how two nations raced against each other to turbocharge space exploration (Part 7)

Read Part 6 Here USSR faces another disaster On the 27th of March, 1968 while on a routine flight, Yuri Gagarin died due to a plane crash. The accident happened when Gagarin and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin‘s MiG-15UTI probably stalled near the town of Kirzhach. The cause of the crash is still unclear. The whole world mourned […]

The Underdogs of Private Space Sector – Upcoming rockets and Spaceflight systems

With the advent of the 21st century, private space agencies have taken a considerable place in Space Exploration. Companies like SpaceX and ULA currently rule the space industry, while companies like Rocket Lab and Astra are taking their first steps toward this huge realm of space exploration. In this article, I will lay down details […]

The Space Race – The story of how two nations raced against each other to turbocharge space exploration (Part 6)

Read Part 5 Here The Apollo Program faces a Tragedy Following Gemini 8, Von Braun was soaring ahead at the Cape. Inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, the gigantic Saturn V rocket was being assembled. In August 1966, the first completed Apollo command module was delivered to NASA for testing prior to launch. NASA was almost […]

7 things you should know about JWST

NASA’s current astrophysics flagship mission, James Webb Space Telescope (or JWST) is the most powerful space telescope ever built. It blasted off at Christmas 2021 aboard an Arianespace’s Ariane V rocket from ESA’s French Guiana Spaceport, located in South America. It’s the most ambitious space telescope ever built and is going to rewrite textbooks. Here […]

The Space Race – The story of how two nations raced against each other to turbocharge space exploration (Part 5)

Read Part 4 Here Gemini Program Advances After conducting the first US Spacewalk with Gemini 4 mission, Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad lifted off on Gemini 5 to set up a new endurance record. The mission duration was 8 days, equivalent to that of the Apollo missions. It was possible due to the usage […]

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