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Blériot's Cross-Channel Flight

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The First Space Stations

Before the race to the Moon ended in 1969, both the Americans and Soviets were planning their separate futures in space. After the competitive short-term goals of human spaceflight had been met in the ...
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Watch, Casio G-Shock, Space Shuttle

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Northrop T-38 Talon

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Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning

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North American F-100D Super Sabre

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Chronograph, Armstrong, Apollo 11

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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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Horten Ho 229 V3

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Grumman A-6E Intruder

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Aeronaut Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe was born August 20, 1832 in Jefferson Mills, New Hampshire and died January 16, 1913 in Pasadena, California. He was an American patriot, balloonist, and inventor.
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What Happened to the Original Wright Flyer?

More than a century after they invented the airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright are still a part of our national cultural identity and the Wright Flyer remains an icon of ingenuity and technical ...