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Space & Missions
Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
Shepard's delayed launch forced NASA to invent spacesuit plumbing on the fly
Four private astronauts complete Earth's first true polar orbit
Moon's shadow will darken Luxor's ancient temples for record six minutes in 2027
Northrop Grumman repurposes shelved lunar station hardware to test extreme moon conditions
Mars astronauts would lose Earth's magnetic shield for three years straight
Georgian choir song reaches a light-day from Earth aboard Voyager
Two tortoises circled the Moon before any human, aboard Soviet spacecraft Zond 5
Luna 3 revealed the Moon's hidden far side just 56 years after powered flight began
Soviet probe became first human object to reach the Moon in 1959
Man picked for space in 1961 finally flew at 90 after becoming a sculptor
