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• School Students Launching Sputniks Into Space? No Big Deal Today, Says This Educator

  Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft are all the rage right now, but how did the story of reusable space systems actually start? What was the Germans’ plan to conquer the atmosphere in the 1930’s? What’s the secret of the American space successes? Mikhail Lutsky, a graduate of the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation and educator at the Sirius educational center, delved into rocket science at his lecture on first recoverable spaceships. ITMO.NEWS presents the keynotes of his speech. 

  16.01.2019

• Spaceports: Where They Are and How to Get There

  Each year during the World Space Week we celebrate the contribution of space science and technology to human civilization. The event coincides with such dates as the launch of USSR’s Sputnik – Earth’s first artificial satellite – on October 4, 1957 and the enactment of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967. Many among us might believe that they know everything about human exploration of space – but is that really so? How many for instance, are aware that there are 28 spaceports on Earth or that the planet’s most active spaceport is not that far from the city of St. Petersburg? How space exploration first began, where the planet’s spaceports are and how to get there: read and find out.

  12.10.2017