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This image, captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, is a narrow-angle color image of the Earth, and is a part of the first-ever ‘portrait’ of the solar system taken by Voyager 1.The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for...
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January 16th, 2022; Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, all African-American squadron more famously known as the Red Tails flew West. Although a greatly held belief that a person of color...
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November 28th, 1979; Flight 901 climbed away from Auckland International Airport at 8:00 am bound for Antarctica. On a unique sightseeing experience, carrying an experienced Antarctic guide who pointed out scenic features and landmarks using the aircraft's public-address system, while...
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November 1, 1949, Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, registration N88727, a Douglas DC-4 en route from Boston, Massachusetts was on short final for Washington National Airport, half a mile from the threshold of runway 3 at an altitude of 300...
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Image of S-363 courtesy of Marinmuseum - Digitalmuseum.se . October 27th, 1981, the Soviet submarine S-363 Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet, became famous under the designation U 137 when it suffered the extreme embarrassment of having to surface within...
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