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Ham the Chimp
Ham the Chimp was the first chimpanzee to be launched into space. Ham was one of several chimpanzees specially trained by NASA rocket scientists to fly in tests of American space capsules. He was at…Kenneth Williams, 2002 News
FBI agent, testified at a May Congressional hearing about a memo he wrote in July 2001, in which he had speculated that a large number of al-Qaeda members enrolled in U.S. flight schools…Walt Whitman: A Clear Midnight
A Clear MidnightThis is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing,…Sara Teasedale: Deep in the Night
Deep in the NightDeep in the night the cry of a swallow, Under the stars he flew, Keen as pain was his call to follow Over the world to you.Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as…Jonah
Jonah is the reluctant biblical prophet whose story appears in the book named for him. The short, fast-moving story opens with God instructing Jonah to go east from Israel to Assyria to "cry out"…Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was the world's first licensed Black aviator and one of America's most famous early female pilots. Bessie Coleman grew up in Texas, moved to Chicago, and got interested in flying…Thomas E. Selfridge
First Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the United States Army was a pioneer in the development of air travel and the first air crash fatality. A graduate of the West Point military academy,…Alexandra Paul
Tall and athletic, Alexandra Paul played Lt. Stephanie Holden on the TV show Baywatch from 1992-97. Paul's character was generally known as the "smart one" among characters played by Pamela Anderson…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): With a Flower
by EmilyDickinsonSatisfiedSongWith a Flower With a Flower When roses cease to bloom, dear, And violets are done, When bumble-bees in solemn flight Have passed beyond the sun, The…Aprille Ericsson Biography
mechanical engineerBorn: 1963Birthplace: Brooklyn, N. Y. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N. Y., M.I.T graduate Aprille Ericsson was the first female (and the first African-…Trending
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