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Scaled Composites Tier OneIn April 1996, Burt Rutan conceived a program to build a reusable spacecraft capable of reaching space. Scaled Composites began preliminary development in…
Human spaceflightOn the 12th of April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1. This single flight ignited a geopolitical…
Space adaptation syndromeGherman Titov vomited inside the Vostok 2 capsule in August 1961. He became the first human to experience space sickness during a spaceflight.
Vision for Space ExplorationPresident George W. Bush stood before the nation on the 14th of January 2004 to announce a new direction for space travel.
NASA lunar outpost conceptsThe United States Air Force unveiled the Lunex Project in 1958. This plan envisioned a twenty-one-person underground base on the lunar surface by 1968.
Effect of spaceflight on the human bodyOn the 2nd of November 2017, scientists reported that significant changes in the position and structure of the brain have been found in astronauts who have…