Archive for the 'History' Category
December 18, 2007
Seven Historical Figures Who Married Their Cousins
December 10, 2007
The Satelloons Of Project Echo
From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958.
Comments(1)
