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Gene Kranz (in vest, as Apollo 13 safely splashed down) had faith that "as a group, we were smart enough ... to get out of any problem.

How Gene Kranz’s Apollo 13 Vest Boosted Morale For His Team

The NASA flight director famously wore a homemade white vest as he averted tragedy during one of Apollo’s most harrowing missions

During the era of horse-drawn railroads, workers filled in a ravine at Duffy's Cut.

Ireland’s Forgotten Sons Recovered Two Centuries Later

In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists unearth a mass grave of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared in 1832

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Reorientations

Cowboy Culture and the Universe

IMAX Cargo Bay Camera view of the Hubble Space Telescope at the moment of release, mission STS-31

April Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Using his own capital, Allen Lane started the Penguin publishing house.  His plan was to sell quality books for the price of a pack of cigarettes.

How the Paperback Novel Changed Popular Literature

Classic writers reached the masses when Penguin paperbacks began publishing great novels for the cost of a pack of cigarettes

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Homesick for Passover

Lights Out at the Castle

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Easter Eggs Dyed the Natural Way

A how-to guide to making Easter egg dyes from the leftovers in your refrigerator

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Worst NASA Posters Ever

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