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Michigan, Purdue share a long NASA legacy. These astronauts were Wolverines or Boilermakers.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Michigan and Purdue will battle on land this Saturday for a football game. They are also longtime competitors in space travel, as well. Numerous Wolverines and Boilermakers have gone ...
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How NASA’s bold first step launched today in 1961 marked the start of the rocket era that led to the Moon

NASA’s first Saturn I rocket launched on October 27, 1961, demonstrating heavy-lift capabilities and initiating the Saturn program that ultimately enabled crewed Apollo missions to the Moon.
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Distinguished Service Medal, NASA, 1961, Alan Shepard

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"Mercury-Redstone III Sub-Orbital Manned Flight." (NASA/OCR. April 28, 1961.)

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