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History Today: How Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...
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Move over the Blue Origin crew, here are the most famous female astronauts who went to space
Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space ...
How High Did Blue Origin New Shepard Really Go?
A former NASA scientist explains how we know whether Blue Origin New Shepard made it to space, and how its altitude compares ...
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Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off with a documentary about Sally Ride
LOOKING AHEAD, THE ANNUAL MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TONIGHT. JOINING ME NOW ARE CRISTINA COSTANTINI, THE DIRECTOR OF ...
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Blue Origin flight will only last 11 minutes in total. Does spacecraft actually go to space?
It is named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space. During each launch, the rocket reaches initial speeds ...
As a kid, she put her hero, Sally Ride, on a mural at school. Now she’s made a documentary about her
Milwaukee filmmaker Cristina Costantini’s “Sally” reveals groundbreaking astronaut Sally Ride as a complex hero, and human.
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In the 1980s, This Special Camera Helped Turn Astronauts Into Cinematographers to Shoot the First Imax Movie Ever Filmed in Space
Today, American astronauts typically need a master ... shot-in-space documentaries is The Dream Is Alive, the first Imax film shot in space, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this June.
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Vietnamese-American astronaut brings lotus seeds into space
Astronaut Amanda Nguyen will become the first Vietnamese-American woman to fly into space, aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, scheduled to launch at 8:30 p.m. on April 14 (Hanoi time).