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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: NASA Achieves First Successful Mercury-Atlas Launch with MA-2 Mission in 1961

On, NASA marked a major milestone in America’s early space program with the first successful launch of a Mercury-Atlas rocket. [...] ...

Black pilots celebrate diversity in aviation industry and push for more

Retired United Airlines pilot Captain Willie L. Daniels II said he first became interested in the skies when growing up in ...
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Alan Shepard’s first flight, how Mercury-Redstone 3 proved America could reach space

In May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, a short suborbital mission that proved humans could survive launch, weightlessness, and reentry. Behind the calm headlines was Project ...

13 Foods Eaten By Astronauts In Outer Space

With the upcoming Artemis II lunar mission, we thought it would be fun to explore some of the foods astronauts have eaten ...
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Here’s a look at the significance of sending animals to space

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to become the first great ape in space. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: John Glenn’s First Human Orbital Flight for NASA Celebrates 64th Anniversary

When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human into space on April 12, 1961, the American space program rose to the occasion, and less than a month later, astronaut Alan Shepard became the ...
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Here’s a look at the significance of sending animals to space

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to become the first great ape in space. Related Articles NASA conducts second ...