Category: Science
Atlantis STS-71 and Mir- Before Putin and Trump
On this day in 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-71, docks with the Russian space station Mir; for the five days the ships were conjoined,…
Ed White Walking in Space
On this day in 1965, Lt. Col. Ed White becomes the first American to make a walk in space, the principal operation of the Gemini…
The Spirit of St. Louis
On this day in 1927, American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight…
Alan Shepard – the First American to Leave the Earth
On this day in 1961, Cmdr. Alan Shepard, Jr. becomes the first American in space when his Freedom 7 spacecraft blasts off from Cape Canaveral….
The True Story of Apollo 13
On this day in 1970, approximately 205,000 miles from Earth, an explosion aboard Apollo 13 ruptured an oxygen tank in the service module. The resulting…
It’s Time For a Federal Lockdown of the United States
The numbers are starting to get alarming. There are now more than 14,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, up 5,000 in just…
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