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Standing 72 meters tall with 9 liquid-fueled engines on its booster, this powerhouse is a direct architectural answer to SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

#spacex #falcon9 #rocketscience #spacerace #rocketlaunch #chinaspace #astronomy #satellite #starlink #qianfan

John Glenn refused to fly until Katherine Johnson checked the numbers by hand. One woman's math stood between a man and death. Read Hidden Figures.
#HiddenFigures #KatherineJohnson #SpaceRace #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/hidden-figures-book-review-true-nasa-story.html

Brave Cosmonaut Belka after her trip to space, the Soviet Union, 1960

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1842429/brave-cosmonaut-belka-after-her-trip-to-space-the-soviet-union-1960

As the saying about Russian history goes, "And then it got worse."

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1725498/as-the-saying-about-russian-history-goes-and-then-it-got-worse

China’s #GalacticEnergy 🇨🇳 suffers first launch failure #cnsa #space #spacerace 2.0

➡️ https://spacenews.com/chinas-galactic-energy-suffers-first-launch-failure/

( Space is hard China will recover fast 💪)