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On 22 January 1997, Lottie Williams was walking through a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a small scrap of blackened fibreglass tapped her shoulder and fell into the grass; it was identified as debris from a Delta II rocket stage launched nine months earlier, making her the only person known to have been struck by falling space junk.
At about 3:30 a.m. on January 22, 1997, Lottie Williams was walking with friends in O’Brien Park in…
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Veterok and Ugolyok: The Soviet Space Dogs Who Defied Limits in Orbit | World News
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In Focus | China’s rocket boom has made Hainan a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?
As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player.…
Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab
Long before they helped shape NASA’s future aerospace breakthroughs, Derek Abramson, Justin Hall, and Justin Link were in…