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"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We've been struck by a missile," called the voice on the radio.The transmission blared over the headsets of the crew on a KC-135 Stratotanker about to return to base after a successful refueling mission in the midst...
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August 2nd, 1971, the crew of Apollo 15, Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin finished their three days on the Moon, and 18½ hours outside the spacecraft on lunar extra-vehicular activity (EVA) near Mare Imbrium called Palus...
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August 1st, 1955; Article 341, also known as the Dragon Lady first took flight...and it wasn't intentional.As with CIA involvement, each U-2 had an "article number" assigned, and each U-2 would be referred to with its article number on classified...
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July 23rd,1983, Air Canada flight 143 most unfortunately became the world's heaviest and largest commercial passenger service glider to ever take to the skies...Flt 143 was cruising at 41000 ft., over Red Lake, Ontario. The aircraft's cockpit warning system sounded,...
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We have said how we stand on the shoulders of giants…but sadly on July 22, 2019, we lost the giant on which other giants stood. Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. (February 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019) was an aerospace...
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