This week in space history: Enos flies first U.S. orbital mission
This week in space history: Enos flies first U.S. orbital mission
After a “whirlwind trip twice around the world” on Nov. 29, 1961, NASA gave the “freckle-faced astrochimp” some R&R in Bermuda, The Associated Press reported on Nov.
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During a 1962 news conference, a reporter asked President John F. Kennedy if he’d consider locating his presidential library in Washington, D.C., after leaving the White House so scholars and historians would have the broadest possible access to it. No, he replied playfully, “I’m going to put it in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
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Movie Man: Gift ideas for film fans
Now that the Christmas shopping season is officially under way, I thought I’d toss out a few ideas for the movie fan on your list. Here’s what to get for the independent film fan, the horror film fan and the cult movie fan.
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