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Marvellous Missions – The Farthest Man-Made Object from Earth
What’s the farthest man-made object from Earth? The Voyager 1 space probe was launched by NASA on the 5...
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Top 10 key space missions
Top 10: Spacecraft Since Russia’s Sputnik 1 satellite entered space on 4 October 1957, thousands of...
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What is space debris?
Junk In Space 1 First and oldest Vanguard 1, launched by the USA back in 1958, is the oldest piece of...
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Top 5 famous satellites
Satellites Sputnik 1 Russia stunned the world in October 1957 when it announced it had placed the first...
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Fizzy drinks in space
Are astronauts able to belch? Burps, or belches, are caused by a vibration of the upper oesophagus as gas...
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Biggest satellite crashes
Satellite Crashes On Sunday 15 January 2012, Russia’s failed Mars spacecraft Phobos-Grunt crashed into...
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What are rocket fuels and how do they work?
Top 5 Facts – Rocket fuels 1. Solid propellants – These are used for very large thrusts, eg to escape...
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What is like to live in space?
The Skylab and the Mir space stations had shower units, but on the ISS they use a water gun and a...
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Listen to Deep Space High: Marvellous Missions
Welcome to Deep Space High, your local inter-galactic school in space... but hurry because lessons’ are...