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That Time NASA Pilots Flew a Jet to the Edge of the Atmosphere

In the late 1950s and 1960s, the X-15 pushed the limits of speed and altitude like no aircraft before it. Born under NACA and ...
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Site Of Secret 1950s Cold War Iceworm Project Rediscovered

The overall theme of the early part of the Cold War was that of subterfuge — with scientific missions often providing ...
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Since 1st rocket launch 75 years ago, Brevard undergoes huge development sparked by Space Race

Assembled with a captured German V-2 missile, the experimental Bumper 8 rocket rose above surrounding wilderness on July 24, 1950, marking America's first launch from Cape Canaveral — and sparking the ...

NASA astronaut class appears to be first without Black recruits in 40 years

But with that milestone apparently came another: the first astronaut class in 40 years without any Black candidates. The most recent class to not include any Black men or women was group 11 in 1985, ...