Space is the place
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Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been abruptly removed from the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which is currently slated for a 2026 launch, following an alleged security breach involving highly sensitive, export-controlled technology at a SpaceX facility. Reports indicate that Artemyev was found to have photographed proprietary, and potentially classified, technical materials—specifically mentioning rocket engines—without authorization, constituting a serious violation of protocols intended to protect intellectual property (IP).
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The Dawn of the Space Age
The course of history changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.–U.S.S.R. space race.
