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1958: Establishment of NASA – American’s Horse in the Space Race

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1958: Establishment of NASA – American’s Horse in the Space Race

On this day the American President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the document establishing NASA (Nationa ...

On this day the American President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the document establishing NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This agency was supposed to take over all of America' ...

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1959: All First Seven NASA Astronauts had a Genius-level IQ?

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1959: All First Seven NASA Astronauts had a Genius-level IQ?

The first seven were given the name “Mercury Seven” because the first American space program was called M ...

The first seven were given the name “Mercury Seven” because the first American space program was called Mercury. The American media paid more attention to their private lives than to their previous ca ...

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1965: The Super Guppy’s First Flight

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1965: The Super Guppy’s First Flight

One of the strangest aircrafts ever built – the Super Guppy outsize cargo freight airplane – made its fir ...

One of the strangest aircrafts ever built – the Super Guppy outsize cargo freight airplane – made its first flight on this day in 1965. It was primarily built for NASA, and one of the aircrafts is sti ...

September 30, 2019
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1992: The First Couple Launched into Space

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1992: The First Couple Launched into Space

On this day, the first couple was launched into space – Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee. They were NASA astrona ...

On this day, the first couple was launched into space – Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee. They were NASA astronauts. It is interesting to note that they had married in secret during training for this flight, ...

September 12, 2019
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1977: Voyager 1 Probe Launched – Today’s Most Distant Human-Made Object from the Earth

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1977: Voyager 1 Probe Launched – Today’s Most Distant Human-Made Object from the Earth

On this day in 1977, Voyager 1 was launched by NASA. It is interesting to note that Voyager 1 still works ...

On this day in 1977, Voyager 1 was launched by NASA. It is interesting to note that Voyager 1 still works, more than three and a half decades after its launch into space. Its generators supply enough ...

September 05, 2019
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