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Metallic balloon satellite inflation test at Langley Research Center, part of the Project Echo that sent the eye-catching spheres, made of ultra-thin mylar sandwiched between even thinner layers of aluminum foil, into low Earth orbit as passive reflectors of microwave transmissions.

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Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead.

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DIY radio hidden in a violin case in Budapest, Hungary, 1956, the year of the uprising.

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1971 NASA artist's concept gives us a peek into the Skylab space station.

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Publicity still for Mad Max 2, aka The Road Warrior.

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Tape recorder factory in Budapest, 1966.

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Mad Max (1979)

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The life cycle of the Sun from cloud of gas to black dwarf cinder, illustrated by Davis Meltzer for the National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe, 1980.

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Mad Max (1979)

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He may not look like much, but looks can be deceiving. This hamster writes mysteries under the name J. D. McGregor.

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TV factory in Radeberg, East Germany, 1954. Photos by Wolfgang Schröter.

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On this night in 1978: The Carpenters... Space Encounters.

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Mad Max on Betamax.

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Can We Survive Our Future? (1972)

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British poster for Mad Max, 1979.

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Rover the robot in Manurewa, New Zealand, 1980.