by Jean Deville | Jun 4, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space History
This piece is the first of a two-part blog post by China Aerospace Blog on Chinese spaceplanes. It sets the context of spaceplanes in China, and goes over past attempts to make such vehicles. Part 2 will provide an analysis of current projects under development from...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 3, 2020 | All space related, Space History, Stuff in Orbit
Neil Armstrong has been referred to as “First Man” as in first man to set foot on the moon. However, the First Man of Space is Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to orbit the earth. Early Life Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Smolensk of working...