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Wow!

NASA released recent photos of the International Space Station (click on the photo for the high-resolution view):

I am not a huge space-geek but I am always amazed by the size and the look of the space station. Unbelievable progress since the days of old Sputnik little over 50 years ago.

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Soyuz:To Infinity and Beyond

AP released the photos of the Russian rocket Soyuz TMA-14 being prepared for the launch on March 25th (click the photo for more).

Some of you may be old enough to remember the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (coincidentally called “Soyuz-Apollo” in Russian) launched in 1975. Years before the International Space Station Americans and Russians shook [...]