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Russia Had A Space Shuttle, Too
Yep. Russia, or I should say the Soviet Union, had a space shuttle program too. Did anyone else know about this? I was reading an article about the secret Air Force space shuttle and it had a paragraph...
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Phobos-Grunt Burnt Up, Russia Must Hate Mars
The image posted to the right is an infographic I found a while back detailing all the missions to Mars and their varying degrees of success. I feel like it’s appropriate to post it again given how...
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Tough Motherf*ckers
Okay, okay. I know I like to make fun. But you’ve got to hand it to Russia. They’ve put some tough motherfuckers into space. Take this story from Wired (who’s really been on their game with interesting...
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Lunar Satellite Pinpoints Apollo 17 Photo Sites
File this one under, “neat.” The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been used to help pinpoint the exact sites visited by the Apollo 17 mission team in 1972. Why is this important? Glad you asked....
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Amazing and Bizarre Photos of the Baikonur Space Complex
Regular readers of this blog know that one of my hobbies is making fun of Russia and while studying some of its more interesting and bizarro world efforts. They sometimes seem to be absolutely strange...
View ArticleMore On Russia’s Buran Space Shuttle
One of my favorite topics was the subject of an article today on Ars Technica: the Buran, the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s space shuttle. It details the politics of how the Buran came into being,...
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A Russian Redesigns NASA’s Logo
Wired has an article explaining with some amount of irony that a Russian has offered up a redesign of NASA’s classic logos. Apparently, Max Lapteff has decided that the two logos NASA has switched...
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Russia Had A Space Shuttle, Too
Yep. Russia, or I should say the Soviet Union, had a space shuttle program too. Did anyone else know about this? I was reading an article about the secret Air Force space shuttle and it had a paragraph...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phobos-Grunt Burnt Up, Russia Must Hate Mars
The image posted to the right is an infographic I found a while back detailing all the missions to Mars and their varying degrees of success. I feel like it’s appropriate to post it again given how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tough Motherf*ckers
Okay, okay. I know I like to make fun. But you’ve got to hand it to Russia. They’ve put some tough motherfuckers into space. Take this story from Wired (who’s really been on their game with interesting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lunar Satellite Pinpoints Apollo 17 Photo Sites
File this one under, “neat.” The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been used to help pinpoint the exact sites visited by the Apollo 17 mission team in 1972. Why is this important? Glad you asked....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazing and Bizarre Photos of the Baikonur Space Complex
Regular readers of this blog know that one of my hobbies is making fun of Russia and while studying some of its more interesting and bizarro world efforts. They sometimes seem to be absolutely strange...
View ArticleMore On Russia’s Buran Space Shuttle
One of my favorite topics was the subject of an article today on Ars Technica: the Buran, the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s space shuttle. It details the politics of how the Buran came into being,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Russian Redesigns NASA’s Logo
Wired has an article explaining with some amount of irony that a Russian has offered up a redesign of NASA’s classic logos. Apparently, Max Lapteff has decided that the two logos NASA has switched...
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