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Lunar Module LM-2

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Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow)

Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter. Faster than the North American P-51 Mustang by 190 kilometers (120 miles) per hour ...
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Cierva C.8W (C.8L Mk. IV)

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Maps, Fender Extension, Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 17

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The Berlin Airlift - A Legacy of Friendship

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The Apollo 11 lunar module

This browser does not support the video element. On July 20, 1969, a spacecraft called Eagle made history when it carried the first humans to the surface of the Moon This browser does not support the ...
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What Was the Space Race?

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be ...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis

Maj. Richard Heyser had been sitting 14 miles above the Earth for 5 hours. Soaring at the edge of space, he flew from northern California, around the Gulf of Mexico, and approached the small island of ...
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Airline Deregulation: When Everything Changed

In 1978, Congress passed a law allowing airlines to set their own fares and routes, an event that transformed the commercial airline industry and the passenger experience. Regulation by the federal ...
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The Secret History of Drones

Pilotless aircraft have been around longer than you might think. In 1898, newspapers heralded the dawn of a new age with the invention of a device that would “render fleets and guns useless.” Physical ...
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The Wright Brothers Made History at Kitty Hawk

At 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They made the first powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine. It was ...
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Young Fault Scarps on the Moon

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