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Project A119

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Caryn

A 1958 plan was developed to launch a Study of Lunar Research Flights, also known as Project A119. The project was a top-secret plan developed by the United States Air Force and involved detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon. … Continue reading →

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Touching Space

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Caryn

The first official space flight occurred on April 12, 1961, when Soviet astronaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Continue reading →

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Anti-Gravity

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Caryn

I’ve often thought, upon waking from a sleeping position that my body didn’t particularly like, that it would be wonderful to sleep in an anti-gravity machine. Maybe I would sleep better, Continue reading →

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Just Normal

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Caryn

Of the great minds that have lived, I think I like Albert Einstein the best. I suppose some people would disagree with me, but each person relates differently to people, than other people do. I wish I could have met … Continue reading →

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The Final Frontier

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Caryn

The year was 1959, and things were changing rapidly in the world of flight. Airplanes had been around, and actually flying since the December 17, 1903 flight of the Kitty Hawk by the Wright brothers. Air travel, while not as … Continue reading →

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Near Miss Day

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Caryn

Today, March 23rd, is known as Near Miss Day because it was on this day in 1898 that a large asteroid, named Apollo Asteroid 1989FC…an asteroid that was, in fact, bigger than an aircraft carrier and traveling at 46,000 miles … Continue reading →

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Return To Flight

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Caryn

After a horrific accident such as Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986, taking with it seven astronauts, it is only prudent for NASA to have stopped all future flights until they knew the cause … Continue reading →

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