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13
Apr
PAST EVENTS THAT MADE TODAY’S HISTORY
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11
Apr
THESE PAST EVENTS MADE CURRENT HISTORY
TIM MAGUIRE
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09
Apr
AMERICA’S FIRST ASTRONAUTS INTRODUCED
Group photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts at their first
public appearance in April 1959: Walter M. Schirra,
left, Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Donald
K. “Deke”Slayton, John H. Glenn, M. Scott Carpenter,
and L. Gordon Cooper.
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) formally introduced America’s
first astronauts to the press in Washington, D.C..
The seven men, all military test pilots, were
carefully selected from a group of 32
candidates to take part in Project Mercury.
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08
Apr
THE FIRST HISPANIC WOMAN IN SPACE
On April 8, 1993, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from
the Kennedy Space Center. On board is astronaut Ellen
Ochoa, soon to become the first Hispanic woman in space.
Ochoa started at NASA in 1988 after receiving a doctorate
in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Two years later, she was selected as an astronaut. On her
first mission, Ochoa served as a Mission Specialist on a
9-day space flight, the primary mission of which was to
study Earth’s ozone layer.
She went on to fly three more space shuttle missions,
one of which conducted further atmospheric research
and two of which carried components to the International
Space Station.
Over the course of her four flights, Ochoa compiled a
total time of 40 days, 19 hours, and 35 minutes in space.
Ellen Ochoa will be 68 in May.
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20
Feb
THESE PAST EVENTS MADE TODAYS HISTORY
CARLATA BRADLEY
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