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15 2011

Spaceflight Spinoffs

Written on July 15, 2011 at 8:13 AM, by allen

When the Space Shuttle “Atlantis” returns to Earth on or about July 20, it will mark the end of NASA’s manned space flight program.  It’s been just over 50 years since Mercury astronaut Alan Shepherd first strapped himself to a Redstone booster for a 15-minute suborbital flight.   Since then, more than 500 Americans haveContinue Reading