The moment humanity first learned how to speak to itself through space did not arrive with fanfare or celebration, but with quiet precision, careful planning, and a shimmering sphere drifting silently above Earth. When Echo 1A successfully launched on April 1, 1960, it marked the beginning of a revolution that would permanently reshape how people …
On June 22, 1941, the world was irrevocably changed as Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a vast and devastating military invasion of the Soviet Union. This operation marked a pivotal moment in World War II, shattering a tenuous peace, igniting a brutal conflict that spanned thousands of miles, and ultimately altering the trajectory of global …
Between 1969 and 1972, six lunar modules essentially identical to this one landed a total of 12 American astronauts on the Moon. This lunar module, LM-2, never flew into space. It was built for testing in low Earth orbit, but was actually used on Earth to measure the LM’s ability to withstand the forces of …
