On This Day in Space: NASA launched the 100-foot Echo 1A balloon on August 12, 1960; the passive satellite reflected telephone, radio and television signals across Earth

Echo 1 passes over NASA’s Goldstone Tracking Station on August 12, 1960, with the antenna and star trails visible. (Nasa photo) Exactly sixty-six years ago from today, on August 12, 1960, NASA launched Echo 1A, a 100-foot-diameter balloon that became the agency’s first successful communications satellite. Unlike modern communication satellites, Echo 1A did not actively…

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Islam Makhachev’s 5kg muscle gain vs Ian Machado Garry’s vegan diet: Whose fight preparation can deliver UFC 330 victory? | MMA News

Islam Makhachev (Image Via Getty) Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Garry have taken very different approaches to preparing for their UFC 330 welterweight title fight. Makhachev has added around five kilograms of muscle since moving to 170 pounds, while Garry credits his vegan diet with improving his recovery, health and weight management.Makhachev’s coach Javier Mendez…

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: “If I have the chance to time travel, might as well go all out”; here’s why travel is the closest thing to a time machine |

“If I have the chance to time travel, might as well go all out” Imagine being handed a time machine but you have to follow one rule and the rule is: you can travel anywhere in history, but can’t stay there forever. What place would it be? Would you choose the old lanes of Varanasi…

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FSSAI tightens pan masala packaging norms; bans plastic, foil and synthetic laminates | India News

Pan masala may now only be packaged in paper, paperboard, cellulose, or other naturally derived materials (Photo: Agencies). NEW DELHI: India’s food safety regulator has barred the use of plastic and plastic-laminated packaging for pan masala, under an amendment aimed at tightening existing packaging norms, according to a press release.The Food Safety and Standards Authority…

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Ex-NFL GM Steve Keim linked to dead alleged fraudster who targeted NFL players, insists ‘I’m a victim’ | NFL News

Former Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim says he lost seven figures after investing with Mohamed Coulibaly, whose company is accused of taking money from multiple NFL figures. (Image via Getty) Former Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim was listed as an executive at a company now accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars…

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