This time, the rocket rose, and a camera attached to the rocket showed the earth below receding.

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He showed to his own and then to the scientific world's satisfaction that holes punched out from below the earth would look different to those stamped in from above.

ECONOMIST: Gene Shoemaker

The company has since fallen back to earth, and last year its share price was trading below the 1, 000-yen level for the first time in over two decades.

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To see this magnificent accomplishment of humanity against the backdrop of the indescribably beautiful Earth 250 miles below was breathtaking.

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To hear the Voyager Record's "Greetings from Earth" in each of 55 languages, click the links below.

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