Wally Funk, who in 2021 became the oldest woman to fly into space—60 years after she and 12 other women sought the same opportunity as […]
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What’s the oldest Americana flown in space?
Did you know that the space shuttle once launched the Statue of Liberty into space? In fact, there were two “Lady Liberties” on board Discovery […]
A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
Michael Collins looked down at his watch. The Apollo 11 astronaut had already beaten the original schedule for the opening of the National Air and […]