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While launching crews into orbit has become routine with even commercial companies beginning to provide lift services for customers like the US government, it was far […]
As 1959 opened, the newly created NASA appeared to be well on its way with Project Mercury. In January 1959 the Space Task Group (STG) based […]
Except for the occasional headline of some important achievement, the general public today is largely unaware of how space technology affects them despite the pervasiveness of […]
For long-time space enthusiasts like myself, the US Army’s Redstone missile figures prominently in the early history of the Space Age (see “Redstone: The Missile That […]
According to the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) which maintains records for aeronautical activities, the “official” threshold of space is at an altitude of 100 kilometers which […]
During the earliest years of the Space Age, it seemed that the US Army’s Redstone missile was constantly present. On May 5, 1961 a modified Redstone […]
Over the years I have discovered that space-related attractions can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places. A few years ago, I wrote an article […]
In the years following the end of World War II, the possibility of space travel experienced a great surge of interest in Europe and America. This […]
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