- 14 April 2022
What’s so funny about April? In America, this “holiday” has been raised to an even higher level, so it is celebrated as the National Day of Laughter at Work among colleagues and associates.
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- 13 April 2022
Looking for a meaningful Mother’s Day Gift 2022 for the most wonderful women in your life? Show how much you care and thank her for all the things she has done with a specially named star in the night sky. Present the OSR Gift Pack and bring a smile to her face. The most beautiful way to surprise your mom this Mother’s Day!
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- 11 April 2022
When he observed the starry sky one night in 1573, Tycho Brahe, the greatest observer of the pre-telescope era, saw a completely new star, so he called it: “new star” or in Latin “nova stella”. That name was accepted for all new stars, ie. those that shine in the sky and then slowly fade away.
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- 5 April 2022
The ‘Raptors’ are a family of Mask’s methane engines, planned for the future ‘Starship’ rocket, which should take part in the exploration of the Moon and the colonization of Mars. The RD-180 is a Russian two-chamber kerosene engine. Until recently, the Russians sold over 120 of these powerful engines for $ 23 million each!
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- 4 April 2022
Although astronomy is a high-tech science today, it deals with many ancient Greek phrases. One of them is the analemma – an elongated octave curve that shows the position of the Sun in the sky during a year, observed from the same place at the same time.
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- 30 March 2022
Inventions and a bright mind have always been closely connected to astronomy. This is why we dedicated today’s blog to the most famous telescopes known to mankind!
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- 29 March 2022
It’s that time of the month again. Let’s memorize some new astronomy terms together!
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- 29 March 2022
Are you born between March 21 and April 19? Then your zodiac sign is Aries! Aries can be seen as people who always try to overcome difficult things. Curious what this says about you and want to explore all the aries traits? Read on!
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- 24 March 2022
The vertical stabilizers on Soviet’s largest planes (Antonov’s An-22, Tupolev’s Tu-95 and Ilyushin’s Il-76) made it impossible to place bulky cargo on the fuselage. It would create a strong aerodynamic instability that could result in the loss of the aircraft. Care to know what they came up with to solve this grand issue?
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- 22 March 2022
In June 1989, those attending the famous aeronautical fair Le Bourget, on the outskirts of Paris, were pleasantly surprised. Among the numerous planes that participated in the festival was a very exceptional guest: the space shuttle ‘Buran’ on the back of Antonov’s An-225, the heaviest man-made plane.
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