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(AFP/File) - A Soyuz spacecraft blasts off. The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said. NASA will become dependent on flights to the ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft when it retires the shuttle fleet that has long ferried US astronauts into space in 2010.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)
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The high art trend of launching mobile museums into the wild is gaining steam with the latest “artcraft” coming in the form of the H Box. The structure was produced by fashion brand Hermès and designed by architect Didier Fiuza Faustino, who calls his work “a nomadic object informed 1970s space landing crafts.” Inside the [...]
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Of all the Smithsonians, we spent the most time at the National Air and Space Museum. After all, this is the most popular of all Smithsonian museums. These type of museums appeals to people of all ages as almost everyone can relate to planes and space crafts. Strange as it may sound, humans had always wondered about flight and wished to soar like birds from the ages. If there is only one aviation museum you ever want to visit, it will be this one in Washington DC. The National Air and Space Museum is the largest in the world with a very comprehensive collection of aircraft and spacecraft. And ...
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