51 Famous Firsts in Space History
By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News
On 2/27/21 at 7:00 AM EST
In its first manned rocket launch, SpaceX s Falcon 9 rocket on May 30 is set to bring NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The spaceflight, taking off from the same launch pad used to bring people to the moon, represents other milestones, as well: It s the first time a private company is sending people to space; it s also the first space launch since 2011 to leave from the United States. The launch was scheduled for May 27 but was rescheduled because of rain.
In honor of this historic moment, Stacker used a combination of news, government, and other archival reports to curate a gallery of 50 other historic firsts in space. Although the idea of galaxies beyond the Earth s atmosphere has long entranced human beings, it wasn t until the second half of the 20th century that space flight became a reality, enabling humans to see beyond the Earth and, in the case of the firs
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The lawsuit casts a wide net of blame beyond Alshamrani. It alleges, for instance, that Saudi Arabia knew about Alshamrani s associations with al-Qaida and his radicalization and yet failed to monitor, supervise or report him.
It also says the gunman told fellow Saudi trainees at a dinner party the night before the attack that he planned to carry out the shooting the following day, but instead of reporting it, they called out sick morning of the killings. One recorded the shootings while standing outside the building; two others watched from a car nearby.
“None of the Royal Saudi Air Force trainees at the scene of the attack reported Al-Shamrani’s behavior nor did they try to stop” it, the lawsuit says. “Because they supported it.”
The suit filed Monday Feb. 22, 2021 centers on a 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in which Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani fatally shot three U.S. sailors.