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Walt Whitman: Pioneers! O Pioneers!

Pioneers! O Pioneers! Come my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready, Have you your pistols? have you your sharp-edged axes? Pioneers! O pioneers! For…

U.S. Unstaffed Planetary and Lunar Programs

Lunar Orbiter. Series of spacecraft designed to orbit the Moon, taking pictures and obtaining data in support of the subsequent staffed Apollo landings. The U.S. launched five Lunar Orbiters…

Pioneer League

Pioneer League ConferenceOverall WLPFPAWLPFPADayton501886591366187San Diego4119514883369287Drake231119283296158Butler239013364196196Valparaiso238614037194342Evansville059018228254317Playoffs…

Pioneer League

Pioneer League ConferenceOverall WLTPFPAWLTPFPADrake50012358811238104Dayton41018274920422180San…

Pioneer League

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Pioneer League

Pioneer League ConferenceOverall WLPFPAWLPFPADayton5016895110411186Drake411837983361188Evansville2313018855270330Butler2311316537164307Valparaiso1413914446275258San…

Van Allen, James Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Van Allen, James Alfred, 1914–2006, American physicist and space scientist, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. A graduate (Ph.D 1939) of and professor of physics (1951–85) at what is now the Univ. of…

LaLanne, Jack

(Encyclopedia) LaLanne, JackLaLanne, Jackləlānˈ [key], 1914–2011, American fitness advocate and television personality, b. San Francisco as François Henri LaLanne. Widely regarded as the founder of…

Adair, John

(Encyclopedia) Adair, JohnAdair, Johnədârˈ [key], 1757–1840, American pioneer in Kentucky, b. North Carolina. He went into the Kentucky country in 1786 and became famous as an Indian fighter and as a…

Oberth, Hermann Julius

(Encyclopedia) Oberth, Hermann Julius, 1894–1989, Austro-German astronautical pioneer, b. Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania). Beginning his studies in astronautics before World War I…