Launched on October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was an 84-kilogram metal sphere with four antennas and a simple radio transmitter.

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The US wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, five years ahead of Russia and China’s plans to do the same.

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A man went into a restaurant and ordered breakfast. He told the waiter, “I want two boiled eggs, one of them undercooked so it runs, the other one cooked so ...