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• Movie Title: The Challenge (Russian: Вызов or Vyzov)
• Release Date: April 20, 2023 (in Russian cinemas)
• Director: Klim Shipenko
• Lead Actress: Yulia Peresild (playing a thoracic surgeon sent to the International Space Station)
• Space Filming Dates: October 5 to October 17, 2021 (12-day orbital visit aboard the ISS)
• Duration: 163 minutes

Last verified on 14-10-2026

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Kyrgyzstan launched its first national satellite into orbit on October 1, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Bank in California.

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Five Presidents of USA have visited Pakistan.

They are following:

Last verified on 13-10-2026

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Through early 2026, China is the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan. 

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• The Great Wall of China was built mainly to protect against invasions from northern tribes like the Mongols.
• It served as a military barrier and lookout system across China's northern frontier.
• Major construction and rebuilding: Ming Dynasty
• UNESCO World Heritage inscription: 1987

Last verified on 12-10-2026

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• Name: NCSA Mosaic
• Released: 1993
• Developed by: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
• Famous for: Making the World Wide Web popular through its graphical interface.

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• First computer program: Ada Lovelace’s algorithm (1843) for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
  • First widely used high-level programming language: FORTRAN (1957).
  • Machine Language: The earliest machine-level programming language, using binary 0s and 1s.

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• The United States established the U.S. Space Force on December 20, 2019.
• It became the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
• The Space Force operates under the Department of the Air Force, alongside the U.S. Air Force.
• Its main role is to organize and conduct military operations related to space and space-based capabilities.

Last verified on 07-10-2026

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• Ole Rømer was the first person to experimentally demonstrate that light has a finite speed in 1676.
• He used observations of Jupiter’s moon Io to estimate the speed of light.

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• The modern accepted speed of light in vacuum is 299,792,458 m/s.

Last verified on 07-10-2026