Vladimir Putin has been thinking about annexing Ukraine long before he invaded on February 24, 2022. Since his presidency began in 2000, Putin has given speeches supporting his belief that the collapse of the Soviet Union was “the greatest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century,” and outlining his desire to recreate the USSR, of which Ukraine was a major part.

A legal battle and subsequent Twitter war between technology moguls Elon Musk, inventor Tesla and founder of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), and Jeff Bezos, former CEO of Amazon and founder of the aeronautics company Blue Origin, halted the development and construction of NASA’s newest lunar lander.

Neil Armstrong spoke those immortal words on July 20, 1969 when he became the first human to walk on the Moon. Come 2025, NASA is hoping to hear, “That’s one small step for woman, one giant leap for feminism and equality,” as it lands the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. The push for equality in space began in June 2010, when President Barack Obama issued the National Space Policy of the United States of America, in which he declared that NASA would “set far-reaching exploration milestones” and send humans beyond the Moon.