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The Indian space program under the DoS aims to promote the development and application of space science and technology for the socio-economic benefit of the country. It includes two major satellite systems, INSAT for communication, television broadcasting and meteorological services, and Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) system for ...
The International Space Station has long been held up as a symbol of international cooperation. Aboard the space station, a rotating crew of astronauts from nearly 20 countries has traditionally ...
Countries represented only by suborbital space flyers are shaded. Note: citizens from the now-defunct East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet Union have also flown in space. Since the first human spaceflight by the Soviet Union, citizens of 48 countries have flown in space. For each nationality, the launch date of the first mission is listed.
Photo: Reuters. McCandless was the first person to spacewalk untethered on February 7, 1984 wearing only a jetpack — or Manned Maneuvering Unit — later used to retrieve faulty communication ...
China was the first Asian country and third nation in the world, after the USSR and USA, to send humans into space. During the Space Race between the two superpowers, which culminated with Apollo 11 landing humans on the Moon, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai decided on 14 July 1967 that China should not be left behind, and initiated their own crewed ...
As of February 2024, people from 47 countries have traveled in space. [1] 644 people have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space. [2] 681 people have reached the altitude of space according to the USAF definition, and 610 have reached Earth orbit. [3] 24 people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit ...
Two researchers writing in Science magazine's Policy Forum have called on countries to speak up about their objections, and argued that the United States should go through the United Nations treaty process in order to negotiate on space mining.
According to Andrews, we should “absolutely” be worried about forever chemicals, but there is some good news: The amount of forever chemicals in the United States has decreased, because less ...