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Remembering the First EVAs More Than Fifty Years Ago
During the heady time of the space race during the 1960s the key element of spacewalking, in NASA parlance Extravehicular Activity or EVA, had to be made real. The first American spacewalk took place on June 3, 1965, during Gemini … Continue reading
Posted in Cold War Competition, Space
Tagged Alexei Leonov, Edward H. White II, EVA, Extravehicular Acvitity, Gemini 4, Project Gemini
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Forty Years Since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Forty years ago a great adventure took place. It was one that changed the course of history. In the middle of a forty-year the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union the heads of the two rival … Continue reading
Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015
1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading
Posted in History, Space
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