On a quiet summer morning in Siberia on June 30, 1908, a tremendous explosion ripped through the remote Tunguska region, leveling an estimated 80 million trees across an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers. The blast was so powerful that it registered on seismic instruments thousands of miles away, and its shockwave circled the …
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First Operational Intelligence Satellite, the GRAB I
The GRAB I was the first operational intelligence satellite that would detect pulses from Soviet radars and then relay them to ground stations where they would be sent for analysis. Related Posts Oleg Penkovsky: The Spy Who Saved the World How the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Changed Humanity Forever International Spy Museum Army Cipher Device
Holsinger Meteorite
The Holsinger Meteorite stands as a vivid symbol of the interconnectedness between Earth’s geological narrative and the cosmic events shaping our solar system. Unearthed in 1911 from Arizona’s renowned Meteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, this formidable 639-kilogram specimen highlights the extraterrestrial nature of one of the planet’s most intact impact craters. It is named in …