Pluto is slightly bigger than Russia.
Pluto has a surface area of about 17.65 million km².
Russia has an area of about 17.1 million km².
Some sources say otherwise because of old measurements or rounding.
Those sources are wrong.
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Sally Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) became the first American woman and second woman from Earth in space on June 18, 1983.🚀 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7.
She was a 32 year old physicist selected by NASA in 1978; she flew again in 1984 on STS-41G and spent over 343 hours in orbit.
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Operation Paperclip was a secret U.S. program after World War II. It brought over 1,500 German and Austrian scientists to the United States. Many had been members of the Nazi Party. They worked on military, aeronautics, and space research. Their Nazi pasts were ignored so the U.S. could use their expertise and keep it from the Soviet Union.
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In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft carrying something unusual: a golden record containing sounds, images, music, and greetings from Earth, intended for any extraterrestrial civilization that might discover it.
The Voyager Golden Record includes greetings in 55 languages, whale songs, thunder, and music ranging from Bach to Chuck Berry. Each spacecraft carries a record made from gold-plated copper, along with instructions explaining how to play it. 🌌💿

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