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Can You Hear Me Major Tom: America's First Communications Satellites

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The Empire Strikes Back: The "Barbarian" Satellite Polyus

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Sputniks, Muttniks, & Kaputniks: The International Geophysical Year & the Dawn of the Space Age

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The Man Who Fell to Earth: Joseph Kittinger & Project Excelsior

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The XSM-64 "Never-Go Navaho" Missile

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Return to Sender: Post-Challenger Cancelled Space Shuttle Missions

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Operation Sandy and Sea-Based Rocket Launches

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That Time A Missile was Used to Deliver Mail

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Jan 24, 20229 min read

Blue Shuttle: The Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program

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Harvest Moon: The US Army Signal Corps' Project Diana

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One Giant Leap: Philip Bono's ROMBUS

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Sep 8, 20215 min read

Project West Ford & Earth's Copper Ring

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"Come Up And Get Me": Project Manhigh

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California Dreamin': Vandenberg AFB & the Space Shuttle

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Jun 2, 20215 min read

Wild Blue Yonder: USAF's Man In Space Soonest

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Jan 31, 20216 min read

Planet of the Apes: US Missions that Sent Primates Into Space

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Into the Black: USAF's Blue Gemini

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Jul 24, 20207 min read

Bumper 8 - Celebrating 70 Years of Cape Canaveral Rocket Launches

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Jun 25, 20206 min read

Diamond in the Rough: The USSR's Military Space Station Almaz

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Jun 9, 20204 min read

Can You Hear Me Major Tom: America's First Communications Satellites

The Empire Strikes Back: The "Barbarian" Satellite Polyus

Sputniks, Muttniks, & Kaputniks: The International Geophysical Year & the Dawn of the Space Age

The Man Who Fell to Earth: Joseph Kittinger & Project Excelsior

The XSM-64 "Never-Go Navaho" Missile

Return to Sender: Post-Challenger Cancelled Space Shuttle Missions

Operation Sandy and Sea-Based Rocket Launches

That Time A Missile was Used to Deliver Mail

Blue Shuttle: The Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program

Harvest Moon: The US Army Signal Corps' Project Diana

One Giant Leap: Philip Bono's ROMBUS

Project West Ford & Earth's Copper Ring

"Come Up And Get Me": Project Manhigh

California Dreamin': Vandenberg AFB & the Space Shuttle

Wild Blue Yonder: USAF's Man In Space Soonest

Planet of the Apes: US Missions that Sent Primates Into Space

Into the Black: USAF's Blue Gemini

Bumper 8 - Celebrating 70 Years of Cape Canaveral Rocket Launches

Diamond in the Rough: The USSR's Military Space Station Almaz

Project Adam: or, How the US Could Have Beat the Soviets in Putting a Man Into Space

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