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“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering Shepard’s Sprint for Space, OTD in 1961

“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Human Space Mission, OTD in 1961

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“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Man in Space, OTD in 1961

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‘Old Reliable’: 60 Years Since a Weapon of War Became a Rocket for Space

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‘Beautiful View’: Remembering America’s First Manned Mission to Space, 57 Years Ago This Week

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‘What a Beautiful View’: 55 Years Since Freedom 7 Began America’s Adventure in Space (Part 2)

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‘Man, I Gotta Pee’: 55 Years Since Freedom 7 Began America’s Adventure in Space (Part 1)

by Ben Evans 9 years ago
‘We Had ‘Em By the Short Hairs’: How the United States Lost the Race for a Man in Space (Part 2)

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Timid Doctors and Timid Germans: How the United States Lost the Race for a Man in Space (Part 1)

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‘What a Beautiful View’: The 15 Minutes of Freedom 7

by Ben Evans 11 years ago

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