Yuri Gagarin

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NASA tweetup Day 2: We have liftoff!

The flag and the countdown clock, and in the distance, the launch pad. It was the day we would see the Space Shuttle Atlantis depart for its journey for the International Space Station. We took solace in the official reports...

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Japanese children embrace environmental consciousness

By Jonathan Day TOKYO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- There was a hive of activity inside the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known locally as Miraikan and located in Tokyo's Daiba district. Scores of Japanese children...

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1001 Music Albums Project - 1960s

This was one exciting decade!! The counterculture of the 1960s refers to a cultural protest movement that developed in the United States between 1960 and 1973 as a reaction against the political conservatism and perceived...

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Russian Nuclear Space Program

On Oct. 29, Russian officials announced interest in launching manned missions to Mars. According to Fox News, Anatoly Perminov, the nation's space chief, proposed this idea at a government meeting on Oct. 28. President Dmitry...

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The Bark Heard Around the World – Video

When Yuri Gagarin was launched into space on April 12, 1961 from Star City, Russia, it was dubbed “The Roar that was Heard around the World”. Though he was the first man in space, he was not the first earthling in space....

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Column: Would we hit the 'reset' button with Stalin?

Would we hit the 'reset' button with Stalin? By Lionel Beehner Vladimir Lenin may have gotten his own tomb, but it is Joseph Stalin's ghost that hovers most over Russian politics today. Last week, President Dmitry Medvedev said...

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A View From the Trenches

Most strategy games take a somewhat streamlined approach to warmongering. But one game has built its reputation on portraying combat in almost microscopic detail: Best Way's Men of War . Jim Rossignol sings the praises of this...

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Who Was the First Astronaut?

The first astronaut was either the Soviet Yuri Gagarin or the Soviet dog Laika, depending on whether the definition of astronaut is restricted based on species. Both are remembered for their accomplishments and contributions to...

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Polar | 7 (2009)

Zukunft der Demokratie [The future of democracy] The Yuri Gagarin cult After a short sojourn in ideological weightlessness, Yuri Gagarin succeeded in re-entering the post-communist world, writes historian Klaus Gestwa. Even...

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