SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life
- Written by Gabriela Radulescu, Guggenheim Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
The planetary radar, built in 1960 in Crimea, from which the Morse signal 'MIR, Lenin, USSR' was sent in November 1962.National Radio Astronomy Observatory ArchiveAs humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites,...





