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51 Famous Firsts in Space History By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News On 2/27/21 at 7:00 AM EST In its first manned rocket launch, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on May 30 is set to bring NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The spaceflight, taking off from the same launch pad used to bring people to the moon, represents other milestones, as well: It's the first time a private company is sending people to space; it's also the first space launch since 2011 to leave from the United States. The launch was scheduled for May 27 but was rescheduled because of rain. In honor of this histo...

NuSil's high-purity silicones are taking off Silicones can be found on satellites, within their solar panels and near antennas and sensors. CARPINTERIA, Calif.—It is no coincidence that a period of great growth occurred in the silicone industry in concert with the golden age of space exploration, beginning 70 years ago with the Mercury Program and carrying through the 1950s and 1960s with the Gemini and Apollo programs. But the seals and coatings used in these early missions were not made from high-purity silicone, and they tended to leak when they broke down on re-entry—emitting an oily ...

Germany launch ad v-2. in world war ii. then the russians launched sputnik. they put a dog up. we were behind. so we put a monkey up. brought it back. and then, suborbital flights. nothing like gergarin, one complete orbit. we caught up with john glenn's mercury program. put in the mercury program with great objectiveses with to prepare for the three-man apollo which first had the wrong mission with a big lander to do everything out of dr. von braun and john hubolt who died recently. bill: amazing accomplishment and achievement. thank you for reminding us of it, sir. you understand we have bre...

32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. >> reporter: how come you didn't pass the mercury physicals? >> i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. >> reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. >> when i didn't get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . >> it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on the second count, they failed. three and a half years after the sputnik...

32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. >> reporter: how come you didn't pass the mercury physicals? >> i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. >> reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. >> when i didn't get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . >> it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on the second count, they failed. three and a half years after the sputnik...