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Testing a spacesuit underwater at the astronautics division of General Dynamics, March 14, 1967. (San Diego Air & Space Museum)

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Alicia Framis, Moon Life Foundation, 2010

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Sept. 20, 1924: A gliding vehicle sweeps over German hills, one of the many pictorial treasures featured between pages 101 to 111 and 117 to 120 in this issue of The Times. “Germans have again smashed all records for gliding flights,” The Boston Globe reported in 1922, announcing that “two aviation students from Hanover, Heutzen and Martens have demonstrated their ability to remain in the air for an almost unlimited time if weather is favorable.” “A motorless flight of a longer duration than the one I made today is not a question of machine, but of nerves,” Martens told The Times. Photo: The New York Times

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Soviet paratroopers drill over Moscow, 1940s

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Spacesuit testing at General Dynamics astronautics, January 19, 1965.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum)

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Testing a spacesuit in a blastoff chamber at General Dynamics Astronautics, April 12, 1961.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum)

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Testing a Gemini-era spacesuit at General Dynamics, 1965.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum)

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American pilot smiles for a photo taken, probably, by his flying instructor during biplane training flights right before the US joined World War I.

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The fourth mission of HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) has come to an end. You can read more about the experience over at NPR.org.

Here’s a taste:

Living in such close quarters is difficult. Asked whether the experience left her with any close friends, Heinicke was diplomatic. “Um, well, three of them I’m definitely going to stay in very close contact with,” she said.

Reminder: there were six crew members.

Images: Sian Proctor/NASA HI-SEAS, University of Hawaii

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Katherine Stinson

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First aviatrix to deliver the mail.

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Valentina Tereshkova, a “Soviet blonde,” became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963.

(New York Times)

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Inside mission control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, during the Gemini 5 mission, August 1965. (NASA)