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Titov was the first human photographer in space: [4] he made the first manual photographs from orbit, thus setting a record for modern first photos of Earth from space by a human (the first picture of the planet from space was shot by a V-2 rocket in 1946, launched from New Mexico). He also was the first person to film the Earth using a ...
This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.
Major Matt Mason was an action figure created by Mattel. He was an astronaut who lived and worked on the Moon . When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Life Magazine , Air Force Magazine , Jane's , and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals.
The Ursa Major Moving Group, also known as Collinder 285 and the Ursa Major association, is the closest stellar moving group – a set of stars with common velocities in space and thought to have a common origin in space and time. In the case of the Ursa Major group, all the stars formed about 300 million years ago. [1]
The ANSWER is listed first, followed by the numbered clue. “A” is for across and “D” is for down. “A” is for across and “D” is for down. The day follows, to show the difficulty level.
He made six rendezvous in space and logged 507 hours of space flight. Stafford flew more than 120 types of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft and three types of spacecraft . After the deaths of Wally Schirra , Eugene Cernan , and John Young , he was the last surviving crew member of Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, and Apollo 10.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.