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From the earliest forays into commercial space, competition has been fierce. The United States has an established lead in the design, construction, and marketing of satellites. At the ...
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Space Race
On October 4, 1957, Americans were stunned by the news that for the first time, an artificial satellite had been put into orbit around the earth—not by the United States, which had b...
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The Space Race and the Cold War
Overview
At the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union began a decades-long battle for political, military, and technological superiority. In the a...
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Flying Into Space: the Race to Be First
Although the race into space was driven in great measure by the Cold War (the prolonged conflict for world dominance from 1945 to 1991 between the United States...
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On October 4, 1957, at 10:58 PM Moscow time, the world forever changed. From a launch pad in Tyuratam, Russia, a Soviet R-7 rocket blasted off towards space. Aboard was a small, 23-inch diameter alumi...
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Japan is set to launch its first lunar orbiter this summer, but exploring the moon is just part of the mission.The other goal is to catch up with China, the new leader in Asia's space race.Japan's ...
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Upstart China challenges the United States by blasting a satellite out of orbit. North Korea lobs a missile over Japan, prompting Tokyo to initiate a multibillion dollar spy satellite program. Indi...
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Over a few short months, Japan, China, and India will all have lunar probes orbiting the moon, sparking talk of a new space race in Asia.China, for one, takes exception at that characterization. On...
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Over a few short months, Japan, China, and India will all have lunar probes orbiting the moon, sparking talk of a new space race in Asia. China, for one, takes exception at that characterization.On...
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Moscow (dpa) - China's space capabilities, both civil and defence-
oriented, are rapidly gaining ground on Russia and the United States,
the world's most developed space pro...
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To the son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the launch of the first man-made satellite 50 years ago was the first point in the score of a game in which his father's country triumphed."The...
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China has dismissed suggestions that it is in a race with Japan
to put a space probe in orbit around the Moon, state-run media
reported Friday.
Hao Xifan, a senior official involved in Chi...
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It looks like a bonanza for the Russian space industries _ the planned retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet in about three years would make Russia the principal carrier of crews and cargo to ...
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The Soviets beat the United States at getting a satellite, and a man, into space. Now, the Chinese may get to the moon before the U.S. can make a return visit.Fifty years after Sputnik became the w...
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Global Industry
Space Race
The Space Race and the Cold War
Flying Into Space: the Race to Be First
The Space Race - 1957-1969
Space race heats up in Asia
