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... the agency’s website. The ISS Progress 70 spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 5:51 p.m. EDT July 9 (3:51 a.m. July 10, local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch coverage will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Progress 70 cargo vehicle, planned for a fast-track to the ...

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Landsat 4 is launched

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First turbojet engine completed for the Navy, the Westinghouse 19A, completed its 100-hour endurance test.

The MX-324, first U.S. military rocket-powered plane built by Northrop, was flown by test pilot Harry Crosby, at Harper Dry Lake, Calif.

James H. Doolittle named "aviator of the decade" (1940-49) by the Harmon International Aviation Awards Committee, while Jacqueline Cochran was named "aviatrix of the decade."

The REP-Hirsch Prize is awarded to Alfred Africano of the American Rocket Society . ''New York Times''

''RELEASE: 11-217 NASA'S HUBBLE MAKES ONE MILLIONTH SCIENCE OBSERVATION'' WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanet's atmosphere 1,000 light-years away. "For 21 years Hubble has ...

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