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This Day in History: The Final Space Shuttle Launch

July 8, 2012 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: July 8, 2011 On this day in history, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center to deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. Atlantis touched down at 5:57 AM EDT on July 21, 2011, closing 30 years and 135 missions performed by the Space Shuttles. Throughout their run, a total […]

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Tang was Not Invented for the Space Program

January 27, 2011 Daven Hiskey

Myth: Tang was invented for the NASA space program. In fact, Tang was actually invented by chemist and occasional playwright William A. Mitchell in 1957 while he was working for General Foods. General Foods introduced Tang to the public in powder form in 1959, but it wasn’t popular initially. This changed when NASA decided to use it in 1962 during […]

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This Day in History: The Final Space Shuttle Launch

Tang was Not Invented for the Space Program