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    Mars 1M (redirect from Marsnik 2)
    Western media dubbed the spacecraft "Marsnik", a portmanteau of Mars and Sputnik. Mars 1M No.1, known in the West as Marsnik 1, Mars 1960A and Korabl 4, was...
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    Mars 1M No.2, designated Mars 1960B by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 2 by the Western media, was a spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet Union's...
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  • launched in 1960 and failed to achieve orbit. The spacecraft were dubbed Marsnik by the Western media. Mars 1 was launched in 1962 but failed en route to...
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  • Laika (section Sputnik 2)
    A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology...
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  • 26 (4): 558–590. doi:10.1093/hcr/26.4.558. Luthans, F.; Rubach, M. J.; Marsnik, P. (1995). "Going beyond total quality: The characteristics, techniques...
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    2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long by 140 millimetres (5.5 in) in diameter, had a mass of 30 kilograms (66 lb), and it was anticipated that it could carry a 2 kilograms...
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    : 1–2, 8  He worked as a high school mathematics teacher until retiring in 1920 at the age of 63. In 1921, he received a lifetime pension.: 1–2, 8  In...
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    those stations possessing a Salyut-derived core module at its heart. Mir-2 (DOS-8), the final spacecraft from the Salyut series, became one of the first...
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    of Keplerian orbits". European Journal of Physics. 25 (2): L17–L19. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/2/L03. Another distinguished German from Riga was Friedrich...
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    (1973–1981) Soyuz 7K-T-AF (1973); 7K-T modified for space station flight with Orion 2 space telescope Soyuz 7K-T/A9 (1974–1978); 7K-T modified for flights to military...
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