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AMELIA EARHART
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart flew away from a town called Lae in the South Pacific. Earhart was attempting to circumnavigate the globe. After taking off from Lae, she disappeared. The Superhero Historians will investigate her life, her final flight, and the possible outcomes to that flight.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Capsule with a View

Dorothy Duckinsie, Invention / Things Historian

Everyone likes a good view.  The Mercury 7 astronauts wanted a view too.  For the first mission into space, Alan Shepard viewed through a periscope.  Well, one of the improvements that the astronauts asked for was a window.  They got it!  The engineers who worked on Project Mercury didn’t think the window was necessary.

Here was Alan Shepards view of space:

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By: Dorothy Duckinsie, Invention / Things Historian
Topic: THE SPACE RACE
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