On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9, the first manned flight of the lunar module and tested all of the components for the lunar landing mission. On the flight, the module performed many of the same maneuvers, like docking and rendezvous, that would be used in the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission. It…
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On This Day, 141 Years Ago
Today is Yellowstone National Park’s formal birthday. The Park’s 141-year-old history is interesting and worth checking out. The land’s “human history” goes back even further — almost 11,000 years ago, Native Americans inhabited the environs and remained there until European fur traders came into it about 200 years ago. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses…
On this day, 208 years ago
On Feb. 25, 1805, this is what explorers Lewis and Clark were up to, per their journal entry: [Capt. William Clark] 25th of February Monday 1805 we fixed a Windlass and Drew up the two Perogues on the upper bank and attempted the Boat, but the Roap which we hade made of Elk Skins proved…
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