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Aeryn Avilla
- Jun 30, 2023
- 4 min
That Time the CIA Stole a Soviet Lunar Probe
How a clandestine CIA operation help the US take the lead in the Space Race
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jun 8, 2022
- 3 min
That Time A Missile was Used to Deliver Mail
In 1959, the US Postal Service delivered 3,000 pieces of mail via Regulus cruise missile.
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Aeryn Avilla
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
Life on Mars: A Brief History of the Martian Canals
How an incorrect translation gave birth to hundreds of science fiction tales.
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
Chix in Space: When Kentucky Fried Chicken Hitched a Ride on the Space Shuttle
Meet Kentucky, the first chicken in space
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
That Time the New Nine Astronauts Created a Fake Member
Astronaut Walter Frisbee was just a figment of imagination, but why does he exist in the first place?
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
That Time There was an Eighth Mercury Astronaut
The Mercury Astronauts had an eighth honorary member- a comedian named Bill Dana.
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