... On July 20th, 1969, a human first set foot on the Moon. ... Despite the innocuous sounding name, the launch of the Earth's first "artificial moon", Sputnik 1, by the Soviets on October 4, 1957 shocked the free world, setting in motion events which resulted in the creation of NASA and the race to the Moon. ... Indicated on this infrared image of the galactic center region is the position of SGR 1900+14 - the strongest known magnet in the galaxy. ... A Peculiar Cluster of Galaxies . ... Space Walz . ...