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  2. UY Scuti - Wikipedia

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    UY Scuti (BD-12°5055) is a red supergiant star, located 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. It is also a pulsating variable star , with a maximum brightness of magnitude 8.29 and a minimum of magnitude 10.56, which is too dim for naked-eye visibility.

  3. Timeline of the Space Race - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Space Race - Wikipedia

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    Dominic Phelan noted in the book Cold War Space Sleuths (Springer-Praxis 2013): "The USSR was famously described by Winston Churchill as 'a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' and nothing signified this more than the search for the truth behind its space program during the Cold War. Although the Space Race was literally played out ...

  5. Cold War (1953–1962) - Wikipedia

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    The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union was an integral component of the Cold War. Contrary to the Nuclear arms race , it was a peaceful competition in which the two powers could demonstrate their technological and theoretical advancements over the other.

  6. List of space races - Wikipedia

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    Space Race, the Cold War geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union in space primacy Moon Race, the race to have the first human landing on the Moon; Mars race, the rivalry between teams to put the first humans on or about the planet Mars; Billionaire space race, the entrepreneurial rivalry for private spaceflight ...

  7. Sputnik crisis - Wikipedia

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    The crisis was a significant event in the Cold War that triggered the creation of NASA and the Space Race between the two superpowers. The satellite was launched on October 4, 1957, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome .

  8. Starfish Prime - Wikipedia

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    It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in space. A Thor rocket carrying a W49 thermonuclear warhead (designed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory ) and a Mk. 2 reentry vehicle was launched from Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, about ...

  9. Scutum (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Scutum is not a bright constellation, with the brightest star, Alpha Scuti, being a K-type giant star [6] at magnitude 3.85. However, some stars are notable in the constellation. Beta Scuti is the second brightest at magnitude 4.22, followed by Delta Scuti at magnitude 4.72. It is also known as 6 Aquilae. [7]