Friendship 7, America’s First Orbital Flight – 58 Years Ago Today
Mercury-Atlas 6 launched John Glenn into the history books on this day aboard the Friendship 7 58 years ago today.
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Author: Susan Macdonald
Last Year Dr. Karen Uhlenbeck Was the First Woman To Win the Abel Prize: Who Will Win This Year?
Dr. Karen Uhlenbeck, a professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, won the Abel Prize, often called the Nobel Prize of Mathematics last year. She was the first woman to win this award.
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‘Lord of the Rings’ Illustrator Barbara Remington, Gone At 90
“After reading his work, I was in awe of Tolkien. I knew there was something special about him. If I read The Lord of the Rings first, I don’t think I could have drawn the cover art.”
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Trailer Park: ‘The Iron Mask’
Despite appearances, this movie really isn’t about either of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jackie Chan’s characters.
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A Monument for Félicette, the Astrocat, First Cat in Space
The first cat in space gets her memorial statue at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
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