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This Space Available by Emily Carney A documentary set to debut tomorrow on Disney+ sets out to recapture the actual world of the first U

1962 NASA photo 8220 Astronaut John H Glenn Jr looks into a Celestial Training Device globe during training in the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral

More than an astronaut from May 22 1962 8220 Astronaut M Scott Carpenter prime pilot for the Mercury Atlas 7 MA 7 flight is seen

Astronaut Virgil I 8220 Gus 8221 Grissom is inserted into his Liberty Bell 7 capsule on the morning of July 21 1961 He would soon

Scott and Rene Carpenter cut a rug before his 1962 orbital mission LIFE magazine photo I spend too much time writing about astronauts so I

MR 4 Liberty Bell 7 launched 50 years ago this month carrying Mercury 7 astronaut Virgil I 8220 Gus 8221 Grissom Image via Spacelog So

nbsp John Glenn Scott Carpenter and Friendship 7 from 8220 An Evening with Two Mercury Astronauts 8221 from the National Air and Space Museum

8220 Hahaha guys that was so funny 8230 you duct taped Buzz to the flight simulator upside down good job 8221 Deke Slayton Alan

Perhaps the greatest space themed film of all time was 1983 8217 s The Right Stuff This film is based on Tom Wolfe 8217 s

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Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New Hot Staging System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship Super

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By Jennifer Muntz NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space

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People residing and working in space space settlements or on long duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles

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