Launching Satellites With a Giant Gun: Canada’S Crazy Plan
Unbelievable but true: Canada almost revolutionized space travel with a massive gun that could shoot satellites into orbit.
A Giant Cannon to Launch Satellites? Canada’s Boldest Idea
In the 1960s, Canadian scientists built the world’s largest space cannon, but their ambitious plan to cheaply launch satellites ended mysteriously.
Kaputnik: America’s Hilariously Bad First Satellite Launch
America’s first satellite launch turned into an explosive disaster in 1957, but this spectacular failure changed the Space Race forever.