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Leto me beha it's not as easy as it looks. >> you're going towards a wall and your nature is to propel yourself off. but you just use your little finger because the harder you push the harder you're propelled to the other side. it's fun. >> o'donnell: what's next for this superwoman-- the real thing, orbiting earth for three days. the history of space has always been about the journey, the dream, doing the impossible. >> and the journey has been so much fun. i think going to space will almost be the cherry on top of the most incredible year i've ever had. >> o'donnell: it was an incredible mom...

Shchit-2 was a Soviet-era missile created to protect the Almaz military space stations from foreign threats. An example of the missile is currently displayed in a restricted area at NPO Mashinostroyenia, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia, alongside an earlier version - called the Shchit-1. The Shchit-1 featured a 23mm cannon and is the only gun to ever be fired in space, reported The Drive, as far as public information suggests. The Almaz programme was a hidden effort by the Soviets to weaponise their space station - which was just a civilian endeavour as far as the rest of the w...

It is 60 years since Russian pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave the embrace of planet Earth and venture into space.  To mark the occasion people, space agencies and governments around the world are celebrating the International Day of Human Space Flight in his honour.   On April 12, 1961 the 27-year-old Gagarin climbed in his Vostok 1 capsule, ready for the 108 minute flight, shouting 'Poyekhali!' - 'Off we go!' - as the rockets fired.  Gagarin launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome where Roscosmos Soyuz flights to the International Space Station (ISS) are st...

'Gagarin's Flight Showed Us That Complex and Challenging Things Possible', Ex-NASA Astronaut Says © Sputnik https://sputniknews.com/world/202104121082607398-gagarins-flight-showed-us-that-complex-and-challenging-things-possible-nasa-ex-astronaut-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The achievement of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into space 60 years ago, helped mankind to believe all was possible, and that there are solutions to the most difficult issues on both the Earth and in space, veteran NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott told Sputnik. Today mark...

Subject of a criminal investigation. we brought you the story last week. police say the deputy admitted to making up a story about being shot at by a sniper last week. the claims trigger massive manhunt all over the city of lancaster, no word on the former deputy's motive. out of this world story, a nasa astronaut alleged to be the first person in space to face a criminal challenge back your honor. and unprecedented situation. phil keating has more on the story. >> in a first, and astronaut is accused of committing a crime while in space. nassau flight engineer in mclean is under investigation...