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The History Of Now

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The Space Race: The Almost Astronaut

Ed Dwight was sent to test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base in the early 60s. The head of the training course is the inimitable icon, Chuck Yeager. "I didn't look at myself as a savior of my race, but my mother was never wrong," he says.

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