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Well,
Russian space program:
1. First person in space via rocket
2. First to orbit Earth
3. First women in space
4. First to land vehicle on Moon
5. First to soft land vehicle on Venus
Some more Russian firsts:
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Date Significance USSR Mission
August 21, 1957 First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) R-7 Semyorka
October 4, 1957 First artificial satellite First signals from space Sputnik 1
November 3, 1957 First dog in orbit ( Laika) Sputnik 2
January 31, 1958 First US satellite, detection of Van Allen radiation belts
MORE RUSSIAN FIRSTS:
First Flyby Of The Moon
First Flyby Of Another Planet (VENUS Feb 12th 1961)
First Spacecraft To Photograph The Dark Side Of The Moon (Launched on October 4, 1959, Luna 3)
First Successful Landing On Another Planet (August 17, 1970, Venera 7, landed on Venus)
First Man-Made Objects On The Surface Of Mars
First Robotic Sample Return Mission (Lunar samples)
First Spacecraft To Carry Three People
First Person Of African Descent In Space
First Docking With A Dead Space Object
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We always had this perception of the Russian tech inferior to Ours, like Bizzaro Superman vs Superman. Not a very accurate assumption. Did We ever build a heavy turboprop that could do 600 mph? They beat us down in SST race...& the French....yes the tu-144 had problems, but we never got past mock ups. Migs & Suhkois are almost always ones we have to work to beat.
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Exactly what I meant. The American space program didn't get enough government support. Most of the rocket research was directed at weapons. Eisenhower dragged his feet saying he didn't want to 'open that can of worms' by blatantly overflying foreign countries in space, and especially not by a military rocket. JPL was ready to go, wanting to orbit a satellite years earlier. Their launch in September 1956 with the Jupiter C rocket was complete and able to do this, but they were not allowed to fuel the fourth stage that was needed for the final orbital velocity.
Not until the Soviets launched first was the US satellite program given a real push. After the launch failure with the Vanguard rocket blowing up on takeoff, JPL's Juno was finally allowed to do its stuff and get Explorer 1 into space in 1958. Still up there, that first American satellite is the oldest orbiting piece of artificial construction still flying.
Meanwhile today, Trump is saying on one hand that he wants to invigorate further space exploration and get the Mars program going, but on the other hand also wanting to further cut NASA's budget. Despite that, there's a new job opening at NASA; anybody want to apply to be a 'Planetary Protection Officer'? It pays $124,000 - $187,000 per year. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/474414000
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I was active duty here at Edwards went that went down
Pitot tube had a cover on it or was disconnected
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I figured a good chance that You were there.
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Well
It was crazy because NASA had a foreign pilot flying it
Sweeden or Finnish?
It was a Technology demonstrator
Interestingly enough, it was a "3-Axis" multi thrust where as our F-22 is a 2 axis
But, I saw it flying that day, then we heard it crashed just North of "North base"
About 15 miles from my home
He was successful on bailout
Only 1 plane
Total loss
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