Flat-Earther Daredevil Rocketeer Mike Hughes’ Final Stunt Ends in Tragedy
Hughes’ recovery chute deploys immediately on launch, depriving him of a safe landing and winning him a Darwin award.
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Category: Blinded by Science
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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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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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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Welcome Home, International Space Station Astronaut Christina Koch
Mrs. Koch returns to Earth after a record-breaking 340 days in space.
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