51 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their lunar module Eagle on the Sea of Tranquility. In 1969, the United States and the Soviet Union were the only spacefaring nations in the world. Yesterday (yesterday EDT; July…
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There have been 18 attempts to land a spacecraft on Mars. Ten have succeeded. Nine of those ten have been NASA missions. The Soviet Union achieved the first landing, but communications were lost for good after only 15 seconds. Every…
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