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April 11, 2021

Yuri Gagarin’s boomerang: the tale of the first person to return from space, and his brief encounter with Aussie culture

Alice Gorman, Flinders University

It’s 60 years since Gagarin’s world-first return from space. The cosmonaut never did make it to Australia, but his huge feat was celebrated here by many, despite tensions with the USSR.

President Richard M. Nixon welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, the recovery ship for the mission, where they are quarantined. From left to right: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin. NASA

Maret 26, 2019

Apollo 11 brought a message of peace to the Moon – but Neil and Buzz almost forgot to leave it behind

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi

Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.

A girl takes a close look at the world’s first artificial. satellite, the Soviet-made Sputnik I. China Photos/Reuters

Oktober 3, 2017

Sixty years after Sputnik: taking stock and looking to the future

Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape

Our fascination with space shows no signs of slowing down, 60 years after the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik.

Desember 15, 2015

Peake viewing: from bizarre astronaut traditions to awe-inspiring blast off

Monica Grady, The Open University

What does it feel like to prepare for a journey to space? Space scientist Monica Grady followed astronaut Tim Peake around for a few days before his launch to find out.

Once upon a time it was an eternal indestructible friendship Keizers

Maret 9, 2015

Do Cubans still dream in Russian?

Jacqueline Loss, University of Connecticut

The remnants of the Cuba-Soviet relationship are still very much part of Cuban culture – a fact on display at this month’s Miami International Film Festival

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