History made at Columbia landing site
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. AP reports Rogers Dry Lake, a desert airstrip where America's first jet flight began in October 1942, is set to host the space shuttle’s return landing. The event marks the shuttle as the first craft to go into space, return, and be ready to fly again on Rogers Dry Lake’s hard surface.
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Robert Locke
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Rogers Dry Lake
Earth
America
Families of Young and Crippen return after Columbia launch
Relatives of shuttle astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen watched Columbia lift off to restart America's manned program. Wives and children flew back to Ellington Air Force Base in Texas, where Mission Control staff and NASA officials reflected on the historic 24 day flight. The Young family has prior space experience, while Crippen’s daughters are new to launches.
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Associated Press
Space Center, Houston
John Young
Bob Crippen
America
NASA
Florida
Ellington Air Force Base
Susy Young
Virginia Crippen
Texas
Mission Control
Ellington
Hugh Downs
Cape Canaveral
Columbia
Young
Sandy
John
Cape
Thomas Gay
Crippen
Porter
Houston
Ellen Marie
Susan Lynn
Linda Ruth
Mojave Dryden Flight Center and Rogers Lake Bed Legacy
This vivid portrait of the Mojave Desert air base highlights Dryden Flight Research Center on Rogers Lake Bed. It recalls landmark test flights from XP-59A to X-15 and X-1 speed records, centering on Ted Bear, Joseph Walker, Col. William Knight, and Charles Yeager, and tracing the era of fearless early test pilots.
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Ted Bear
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden Flight Research Center
NASA
Joseph Walker
William J. Knight
Air Force Flight Test Center
Birthday trip for space whiz cores a shuttle launch
Niall Omalley a 13 year old space enthusiast from New York visits Cape Canaveral to witness the Columbia shuttle launch on his birthday. He publishes a space journal and teaches a space lecture program while overcoming dyslexia through science curiosity. His mother Elizabeth and stepfather Bill Lammers support his interests.
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Associated Press
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Niall O'Malley
Florida
Columbia
Niall
Little Red School
Manhattan
Space Report
Red Hook
Upstate New York
Elizabeth
Bill Lammers
New York University
Losing Hair Try This At No Risk Ad
An advertising notice from Houston Texas promotes a hair loss treatment claiming to stop shedding and regrow hair for both men and women. It invites a 32 day trial, offers a mail response option, and requests detailed personal hair loss information, with boxes to mail to Loesch Consultants Inc. Box 66001 Houston 77006.
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Loesch Laboratory Consultants, Inc
Loesch Consultants, Inc
West Main St
Houston
Texas
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Charles Yeager
Rogers Lake Bed
Edward
Bear
Milt Thompson
Dryden Center
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Laskey’s
Mens
BOOTS
Luskeys Elephant
Tony Llama
Mnice
Reg. Price
Auskey's
American Express
Ead 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa American
Odessa, Texas
P.O
Daily
Gloria
Tellate
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