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Aeryn Avilla
- Feb 20
- 8 min
Sputniks, Muttniks, & Kaputniks: The International Geophysical Year & the Dawn of the Space Age
The solution to thawing the Cold War? The largest international science fair of all time.
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Aeryn Avilla
- Mar 23, 2022
- 8 min
Red Dawn: The Voskhod Program
Commemorating the 57th anniversary of the first spacewalk with a post about the whole Voskhod Program!
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 31, 2021
- 6 min
Planet of the Apes: US Missions that Sent Primates Into Space
"What will he find out there, doctor?"
"His destiny."
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
Chix in Space: When Kentucky Fried Chicken Hitched a Ride on the Space Shuttle
Meet Kentucky, the first chicken in space
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Aeryn Avilla
- Nov 3, 2020
- 9 min
Man's Best Friend: The Soviet Missions that Sent Dogs Into Space
The canine cosmonauts who helped send man into space.
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