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Perspective: How Insignificant We Really Are

On This Date in 1990: The Voyager 1 space probe takes a picture of planet Earth called the Pale Blue Dot.

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Yesterday in History III

The Challenger Disaster (January 28, 1986) It’s an image that is forever seared into the memories of most people in North America. Up until this time, since the early Mercury and Gemini space missions in the 60’s, the rockets blasted … Continue reading

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