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  1. MrRING

    The Female Aquanauts Of Tektite II

    I wasn't previously aware of this cool event in scientific exploration! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-aquanauts-tektite-ii Some of the ladies (as well as folks who were in Tektite I) get talked to here:
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    • 1970 alina szmant ann hartline aquanauts explorers harvard university nasa oceanography peggy lucas bond peter szmant pioneers renate true sylvia earle the aquarius reef base the sea the tektite project the virgin islands tulane university
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    • Forum: The Human Condition
  2. Salmonellus

    Valentina Tereshkova

    Valentina Tereshkova, as most people would remember, was the first woman to travel into space, which she did in 1963. She was also, according to Wikipedia, the first human being to take a dump in space, which should be enough to see her logged in the annals of human history...
  3. ramonmercado

    Paul Redfern: Another Lost Pioneer Aviator

    I hadn't heard about Paul Redfern before, a fascinating tale. Lost Flight to Brazil in 1927: A Young Pilot Disappears in the Amazon Paul Redfern (right) sits beside Paul Varner, chairman of the committee backing his 1927 nonstop flight attempt to Rio de Janeiro, at Sea Island, Georgia. Costal...
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    • 1927 aviation brazil charles lindbergh disappearances historical mysteries missing planes paul redfern paul varner pioneers the amazon the spirit of st. louis
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    • Forum: General Forteana
  4. skinny

    50 Years Since Apollo 11 Landed

    This thread is meant as a celebration of the crowning achievement of our species to date as we approach the 50th anniversary of 11's initial success. I hope it will serve as a memorial to those crews who made the great Leap over those magical 4 years from 69 - 72. Those men deserve to be...
  5. maximus otter

    Astronaut’s Map Leads Treasure Hunters To "Columbus' Anchor"

    RESEARCHERS have used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean — a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one of Christopher Columbus’s ships. Analysis of the anchor, which was found off the Turks and Caicos Islands, reveals that it dates to between 1492 and...
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    • 1492 2018 anchors astronauts christopher columbus darrell miklos explorers gordon cooper maps martin alonso pinzon pioneers ships & shipping shipwrecks the carribean sea the turks and caicos islands treasure hunting vicente yanez pinzon
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    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
  6. Vardoger

    The '86 Challenger Crew Are Alive & Well

    according to some conspiracy theorists at the lunatic fringe. More text and photos at Cluesform.
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    • 1986 astronauts conspiracy nasa pioneers space space exploration space shuttles sts-51-l the challenger disaster urban myths/legends
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    • Forum: Conspiracy
  7. ramonmercado

    NASA

  8. rynner2

    History Rewritten: Myths Busted & New Truths Uncovered

    http/tinyurl.com/yqr5sy (Mod Edit: Original link is broken. Archived version found via The Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090130100439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545177/Caravaggio-was-actually-Merisi-of-Milan.html) rynner the ubiquitous
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    • Forum: Urban Legends & Folklore
  9. ramonmercado

    SpaceX

    SpaceX
  10. R

    Space Exploration / Space Flight: Manned

    Should Britain fund astronauts? If only we had the cash eh!
  11. A

    Mallory: First To Conquer Everest?

    So, what do you FTers think? Did George Mallory conquer Everest decades before Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing, despite dying in the attempt? Were you convinced by the FT story?
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    • 1924 explorers george mallory historical mysteries mount everest mountaineering mountains pioneers sandy irvine
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    • Forum: General Forteana
  12. rynner2

    First Manned-Flight

    Was it by this chap? (Photos on source page.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3042182.stm
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    • 1853 1903 1906 aeronautics aircraft alberto santos-dumont aviation aviation ghosts brompton dale chard clément ader first manned flight henrique lins de barros john appleby john stringfellow paris percy pilcher pioneers richard pearse samuel p. langley scarborough sir george cayley the wright brothers wan-hoo/wan hu
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    • Forum: General Forteana
  13. A

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart was the most celebrated aviatrix in history and was one of the most famous women of her time. As America's charismatic “Lady of the Air,” she set many aviation records, including becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928 as a passenger, the first woman (and...
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    • 1937 amelia earhart aviation disappearances historical mysteries pioneers
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    • Forum: General Forteana
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