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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 20, 2021
- 2 min
Into the Black: USAF's Blue Gemini
In the early 1960s, the US Air Force proposed Blue Gemini as a way to train military astronauts using NASA missions. What became of it?
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Four-Inch Flight: Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch Failure
The first Mercury-Redstone launch didn't quite go as planned...
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
Skylab B and Skylab Rescue
In the early 1970s, NASA had plans for another Skylab space station as well as a Skylab rescue mission. What became of them?
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 3, 2021
- 5 min
Ticket to the Moon: The Nova Rocket
The Nova rocket was the competitor to the Saturn V. What became of it?
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