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The “space race” of the 1950s and 60s conjures images of the gleaming Sputnik satellite, Soviet scientists in crisp white coats and sharp-nosed rockets rising into the sky with fiery splendor. But, the reality of the USSR’s space program — which narrowly beat the US to send the first man to space — was far more down-to-earth writes John Strausbaugh in his new book, “The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned” (out now, PublicAffairs). Strausbaugh paints an amusing portrait of rockets and spacecrafts held together with little more than bubblegum and shoe strings — and tight-lipped publicity campaigns. In this excerpt, he writes of Yuri Gagarin, the first Russian cosmonaut sent into space. On the morning of April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin fell out of the sky onto a quilt of farmland growing wheat and rye in the Russian village of Smelovka.

The Other Side of Midnight show last week while promoting his paranormal Fox Nation show “Aliens Among Us.”Shatner, who infamously flew to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in 2021, made a joke that the Earth is flat. “I was asked by the Flat Earth group to say something about whether the Earth was flat. And I have been around it, and my opinion is that the Earth is flat,” he sarcastically said.“Just so few people want to believe it,” Shatner added.

library porn law,” signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little earlier this year.Under the harsh new law, Idaho libraries can be sued if they do not prevent minors from accessing “obscene” or sexually explicit material.If a complaint is filed regarding a book, libraries must relocate it to the adult section.

Adam Sandler reportedly suffered for his art while filming Netflix’s “Spaceman.” Director Johan Renck, 57, claimed Sandler, also 57, was in “significant pain” while shooting scenes in zero gravity for the sci-fi movie, which is now available on the streamer.Sandler “was on wires, which means that he’s kind of fixed to the set, he can’t piss off when he wants to at all,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “He can’t move, he can’t do anything, and also under significant pain, because that’s what happens with this harness and these rigs — they start digging into your flesh, and after 24 days of shooting, that pain is real, I will tell you.”The Post has contacted reps for Sandler for comment.

Apple TV+), which follows an astronaut who returns home from space — only to find her reality seemingly changed. “I found it a really unique piece of writing,” D’Arcy, 48, told The Post. “It seems to me to defy easy comparison, which I liked enormously about it.

Shatner returned to Earth consumed with feelings of “grief.”He compared going back on a galactic journey to “revisiting a love affair” and told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he should probably “let it alone.”Shatner’s deep connection to space exploration began more than 50 years ago when he starred as Captain James T. Kirk on the legendary television series, “Star Trek.”His celestial affinity may be written in the stars now that he has plans to stay grounded for the foreseeable future, but Shatner will not stay away from interplanetary drama for too long as the host of the new FOX unscripted series, “Stars on Mars.”In 2021, Shatner made history when he became the oldest living person to travel into space during an 11-minute trek aboard the New Shepard spacecraft. He was 90 years old.“What I experienced was not so much the flight into space, but my observation,” he recalled.

United Launch Alliance recently announced it’s targeting May for the inaugural launch of its highly anticipated Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is expected to carry everything from satellites to human ashes into space.The Vulcan Centaur rocket has faced years of delays following the slower-than-anticipated development of powerful engines and requirements for when the moon lander can be launched.Under an updated timetable released by ULA CEO Tory Bruno, the more than 200-foot-tall rocket will take off on May 4, 2023, from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.If the launch is successful, the company plans to eventually replace the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets with the Vulcan Centaur.The rocket is said to be capable of launching 60,000 pounds of payload into low-Earth orbit and could one day be certified to carry highly sensitive satellites for U.S.

 The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman on a movie pitch that involves filming in space, which was first tabled in 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic halted plans.Cruise and Liman are said to have reached out to Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) on an idea which will see the actor take a rocket up to the International Space Station.“I think Tom Cruise is taking us to space, he’s taking the world to space,” UFEG Chairman Donna Langley said, per BBC News.“That’s the plan.

oldest person to travel to space – but the experience left him in tears.In October 2021, the “Star Trek” alum embarked on the adventure of a lifetime with the help of Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin. The Amazon empire founder credited the actor with igniting his interest in space travel.The 91-year-old was one of four crew members aboard the New Shepard rocket for the NS-18 mission. It took off from Launch Site One in West Texas.

died on July 20, 2022, at the age of 89.As a final hurrah to celebrate her legacy, the star’s ashes will be blasted into space aboard a special “Enterprise mission” later this year.The launch aboard the Vulcan rocket will ensure Nichols’ remains will join late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991.Nichols’ ashes will also join that of Roddenberry’s deceased wife and “First Lady of ‘Star Trek’” Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who died in 2008.Late “Star Trek” actor James Doohan’s ashes will also be launched into space along with Nichols’. Doohan died in 2005.

people actually can hear you scream (or sing), it turns out. Groundbreaking data collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover is able to replicate how people would sound on Mars compared to Earth.The space agency even boasts an online tool that allows Earthlings to simulate how they’d sound on the red planet from inside our homes.

Star Trek sensation William Shatner, the fantasy failed to match the reality.The 90-year old was invited by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in his shuttle in October 2021, but when he arrived, he was totally unimpressed.So far, most of the select few who have returned after a trip to space with Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin have been deeply emotional about their journey.However, that wasn't true of William Shatner, whose only thought at one point was: "Why am I bl**dy doing this?!"The trip was arranged for an Amazon TV documentary that retail giant Bezos had organised, entitled Shatner In Space.Fans might have thought the Canadian actor, who played Admiral James T Kirk in Star Trek and whose fictional birth in the show was 2233, might have relished the chance to play with the space-time continuum in another realm.However, in conversation with SFX magazine, he revealed his slightly horrifying trip: "I looked back, and I could see a wake, like a submarine under the water might leave.“The air was tumultuous, filling in as the ship went through it."Then my eyes went up, and there was impenetrable blackness – the kind I’d seen once in a cave.“It’s blackness that’s almost touchable.There was no spinning stars and the majesty of space.For those who'd had fantasies about a glittering night sky of the type romanticised in art, William was forced to disappoint them, stating: "It was ominous. It was death.”He also found that his age meant space travel quickly took its toll."Most of the practice was about getting back into your prostrated seat in weightlessness.

Camille Saviola, whose many stage and TV roles included the Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the mother of the hapless Turtle in Entourage and, on Broadway, characters in Nine and Chicago, has died at age 71.

Prince William's comments has sparked a reaction from William Shatner, who made history as the oldest person to travel to space this week.

William Shatner made history on Wednesday when he became the oldest person to go to space at 90 years old.The actor famed for playing Captain Kirk has since revealed what the unique experience felt like for a person of his age.Live on the Today Show yesterday, Shatner admitted the experience was both “humbling” and “overwhelming”.He went on to explain: “Another factor of this whole thing is, I keep saying ‘Oh, yeah, no, I’m not 90.

Star Trek legend was visably emotional following his short flight.After landing safely, he was seen speaking to Jeff about his flight.He said: “What you have done, everybody needs to see, it was unbelievable, unbelievable.”The actor then started crying as the Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff comforted him.He added: “You’re looking into blackness, and you look down and there’s the blue down there and the black up there.“There is mother Earth, is there death? Is that the way death is?“It was so moving, this experience, it’s something unbelievable.”The actor continued: “What you have given me is the most profound experience I can imagine.“I’m so filled with emotion about what just happened, it’s extraordinary.”Amazon founder Jeff and

90-year-old Canadian actor William Shatner will boldly go where few people have dared to go before today.This will soon make Shatner, who is famed for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, the oldest person ever to go into space.Shatner was invited to fly with Bezos’ four-person crew by the Amazon billionaire, who is a huge fan of the hit 1960s TV series that made the actor a household name. Lift-off was supposed to take place yesterday, but it was delayed by 24 hours because of high winds at the launch site.The second ever crewed Blue Origin flight will blast off from the Texas desert at 10am EDT and UK viewers can watch the launch live at 3pm on Blue Origin’s YouTube channel. Shatner has since expressed some reservations about the

90-year-old actor William Shatner will boldly go where few people have dared to go before.This will make Shatner, who is famed for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, the oldest person ever to go into space.Shatner seemed delighted by the prospect of space travel after playing a spaceship captain for decades. He said:  "I've heard about space for a long time now. “I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself.

United Arab Emirates and China sending instruments to study the planet’s surface. Today, it’s America’s turn: NASA’s rover, called Perseverance, is expected to touch down.

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