Goggles, Pilot, Aleksei Leonov, USSR, National Air and Space Museum, Gift of Aleksei Leonov. Continuing our theme from last week . . . The 1960s were a volatile time around more »
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At the start of 1962 the United States seemed to be in danger of losing the Space Race to the Soviet Union. While we had managed to launch two astronauts more »
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes, and a Trip around it. Trans. by Louis Mercier and Eleanor King [De la terre more »
Levi Strauss, originator of America’s best-known contribution to the fashion industry, was born on February 26 in 1829 in Bavaria, Germany. At the age of 18 he immigrated to New more »
. . . was yesterday – but it's never to late to read about man's best friend! Robert Laurent, Sleeping Dog, 1920, crayon and pencil, 17 1/16 x 22 1/8 more »