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Mar
21
2021
Crisis in Space – MiG Mad Marine, John Glenn and Friendship 7
Posted by HW on 21 Mar 2021 /
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Published on March 21, 2021 By Thomas Van Hare On February 20, 1962, John Glenn, one of America’s most famous astronauts, climbed into the Mercury-Atlas 6 capsule “Friendship 7”. His mission was to be the first American to orbit the Earth. At the time, the United States was struggling to catch up with the Soviets […]
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Mar
11
2021
The Red Stuff — the Soviet Chuck Yeager Revealed
Posted by HW on 11 Mar 2021 /
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Published on March 11, 2021 by Thomas Van Hare Most people know of Chuck Yeager, the pilot who first broke the sound barrier in 1947 in his bright orange Bell X-1, a plane he nicknamed “Glamorous Glennis” after his wife. Today, the X-1 hangs in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. […]
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