Basics

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Basics

This is the section that teaches you about the basics of space. You can learn about space history from airplanes to space stations.



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Early Space History: Not everything in space was done in space capsules, shuttles, or crafts. The beginning of space was just flying.

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The Space Race: During the Cold War, a competition called the Space Race sprang up between the USSR and the USA. Learn about it here..

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The Space Shuttle Era: When the big shuttles roamed the sky above...

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Rocketry: Rockets can be complicated. In this section you can find all you need to know aabout rockets.

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NASA: NASA is the government-sponsored space agency in the USA.

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RSA: In Russia, there is one of the biggest space organizations, the Russian Federal Space Agency, or RSA.
 

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ISS/Mir: The International Space Station and Mir were two very big stations in space.


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