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- Polly Jean Harvey's 'Yuri-G'PJ Harvey's 1993 song 'Yuri-G' uses Yuri Gagarin as a symbol of distance. The lyrics express a profound sense of personal desolation and lo...
Yuri-G: PJ HarveyPJ Harvey’s 1993 song ‘Yuri-G’ turns longing and isolation into something cosmic, invoking astronaut Yuri Gagarin as a symbol of distance a...- In 1971, Apollo 15 secretly left a tiny aluminum astronaut on the moon; beside it was a plaque naming 14 dead American and Soviet space travelersIn 1971, a hidden aluminum tribute was installed on the Moon, commemorating the bravery of fourteen astronauts and cosmonauts who lost thei...
- 5 years before Apollo 11, a landlocked African nation tried to send teenagers to the Moon to beat the US and USSR, but the failed mission was probably never about the space race at allEdward Mukuka Nkoloso led Zambia's ambitious space program after independence. He trained teenage "Afronauts" using unconventional methods ...
- Quote of the day by Yuri Gagarin: 'I could have gone on flying through...'Quote of the day by Yuri Gagarin: Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, captivated the world with his historic 108-minute Vostok 1 missio...
- Elon Musk receives huge praise from Vladimir Putin who compares Donald Trump adviser to legendary Soviet space engineerRussia and the United States are aiming to forge closer ties under President Donald Trump's administration, of which billionaire SpaceX fou...
- Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to father of Soviet space programVladimir Putin lauded Elon Musk, likening him to Sergei Korolev, the key figure behind the Soviet Union's space achievements. Putin highlig...
- Months after milestone journey into space, Yuri Gagarin received rousing reception during India tourSixty-four years after Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight, India celebrated his legacy and the enduring Indo-Russian ties. A plaque honori...
- Russia plans to create core of new space station by 2030Russia aims to establish the core of its new orbital space station by 2030, according to its space agency, Roscosmos. The agency's head, Yu...
- Roscosmos chief reveals how Russia is assisting India in Gaganyaan mission“Not only Indian cosmonauts are getting trained in Russia, experts from Moscow's space enterprise are helping develop manned spacecraft and...
- A Yuri-ka! Gagarin moment for moviesThe Ruskies have beaten the Yanks again, in space. This time, theirs is the first feature film to be shot outside Earth. Released last week...
- Cosmonaut’s PerspectiveHe was barely 27 years old when he made this observation. His eyes not only saw what was before him, but also experienced the expansiveness...
- Russia races Tom Cruise & Elon Musk to shoot the first film in spaceThe Call, the Russian project's working title, was announced four months after the Hollywood project.
- Russia says to launch own space station in 2025Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the fist module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering ...
- Bharti-backed OneWeb to provide services in Kazakhstan"The government of Kazakhstan continues to see the importance of bridging the digital divide and enabling the digitization of its economy u...
- Gaganyaan: Two flight surgeons to soon leave for Russia for trainingTraining of astronauts is a critical aspect of the human space mission project. Fight surgeons are responsible for astronauts' health befor...
- Yuri Milner announces launch of $100 million research & engineering programThe announcement coincided with the very day astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter outer space 55 years ago.
- Milner offers $100 million for 'Mission to Stars'Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner is proffering $100 million to a research and engineering programme aimed at demonstrating proof of...
- Russian billionaire Yuri Milner invests $100 million in search of intelligent alien life53-year-old billionaire Yuri Milner is funding an ambitious $100 million science project to discover whether intelligent life exists outsid...
- Rise and fall of the Soviet Union RevisitedOf the many gems the thriving Soviet joke industry produced when the ‘worker's paradise’ was still in business, here goes one of the best.
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