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Aeryn Avilla
- Feb 24
- 10 min
All of You on the Good Earth: 10 Fun Facts About Apollo 8
A little late, but commemorating the 55th anniversary of the first manned flight to the moon!
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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
- Oct 23, 2023
- 5 min
Hot Stuff: NASA's Project FIRE
Flight Investigation of the Reentry Environment was a crucial step in getting men to the moon. Let's learn more about this forgotten project
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Aeryn Avilla
- Oct 12, 2023
- 8 min
More Things in Heaven and Earth: Voskhod 1 and the First Space Crew
How politics, Shakespeare, and the Tokyo Olympics were part of the world's first multi-person spaceflight
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Aeryn Avilla
- Oct 11, 2023
- 8 min
From Fights to Fred Flintstone: 10 Fun Facts About Apollo 7
Commemorating the 55th anniversary of the "forgotten" first Apollo mission
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jun 30, 2023
- 4 min
That Time the CIA Stole a Soviet Lunar Probe
How a clandestine CIA operation help the US take the lead in the Space Race
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