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  2. Yoshimoto Cube - Wikipedia

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    The Yoshimoto Cube is a polyhedral mechanical puzzle toy invented [1] in 1971 by Naoki Yoshimoto (吉本直貴, Yoshimoto Naoki), who discovered that two stellated rhombic dodecahedra could be pieced together into a cube when he was finding different ways he could split a cube equally in half. Yoshimoto first introduced his cube in 1972 at a ...

  3. Infinity cube - Wikipedia

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    An Infinity cube made of dice being played with An animation showing different moves and states of the Infinity cube (click to animate) An Infinity cube is a kind of mechanical puzzle toy with mathematical principles. Its shape is similar to a 2×2 Rubik's cube. It can be opened and put back together from different directions, thus creating a ...

  4. Timeline of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space.. This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.

  5. Impossible cube - Wikipedia

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    The impossible cube or irrational cube is an impossible object invented by M.C. Escher for his print Belvedere. It is a two-dimensional figure that superficially resembles a perspective drawing of a three-dimensional cube , with its features drawn inconsistently from the way they would appear in an actual cube.

  6. History of spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    Japan's space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is a major space player in Asia. While not maintaining a commercial launch service, Japan has deployed a module in the ISS and operates an uncrewed cargo spacecraft, the H-II Transfer Vehicle. [citation needed] JAXA has plans to launch a Mars fly-by probe.

  7. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Wikipedia

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    A draft first space ship by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1883. In 1964, The Monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected to celebrate the achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration. Located in Moscow, the monument is 107 meters (350 feet) tall and covered with titanium cladding.

  8. Astrobee (robot) - Wikipedia

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    NASA astronaut Anne McClain with Astrobee robot "Bumble" in the Kibo module of the International Space Station. Astrobee is a robotic system developed by the US space agency NASA to assist astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Astrobee consists of three 12.5-inch cube-shaped robots named Honey, Queen, and Bumble, along with ...

  9. Cosmic Cube - Wikipedia

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    The Cosmic Cubes are actually containment devices created by various civilizations throughout the Marvel Universe at various times. Examples including the Skrulls (creators of the Cube that would eventually evolve into the Shaper of Worlds), and various other, unnamed civilizations (whose Cubes were gathered/stolen by unknown means by the Magus in the Infinity War story arc and the Goddess in ...