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Sunday, 27th August 2006 by James Turnbull
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s oldest and largest operational space launch facility where you can clearly see the Energia, Soyuz and Proton launch platforms. Located in what is now Kazakhstan, the facility was named Baikonur to confuse the West of its exact location, as the town of Baikonur is some 320km away (although anyone who has flown on the bright orange budget airline would have expected this). On the base…
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An alien spaceship has been spotted in northern Spain, and we have the proof! Well, not so fast. Yes, something…
Unless you’ve been living on the, er, Moon, you can hardly have failed to notice that today1 marks the 40th…
The European Space Agency is a collaboration between 18 European states with the simple aim of “exploring space” and yesterday…
NASA’s first visitor centre, and one of the world’s largest public collections of space bits is the U.S. Space and…
Our first post from Kyrgyzstan is evidence of alien visitation to Earth! While skeptics may dismiss this as some image…
On the 1st of February 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia tragically broke up on re-entry killing all seven astronauts on…
The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…
Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…
For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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