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This target was probably erected during World War II for use by SOE agents training at nearby Glasnacardoch House.. The following is an incomplete list of training centres, research and development sites, administrative sites and other establishments used by the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.
STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days later on November 16, 1982. STS-5 was the first Space Shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" Space Shuttle mission.
X-15 Flight 138, X-15 Flight 143, X-15 Flight 153, ALT, STS-2, STS-51-I [87] [32] Frank K. Everest: F X-plane testing, X-1 and X-2 speed and altitude records, "fastest man alive" in 1956 [88] [28] Lou Everett * CM,M Ryan V/STOL aircraft flight test including the XV-5 Vertifan [89] [90] [7] John L. Finley: AM 1965 USAF MOL Group 1 [91] [28] Jack ...
[1] [2] [3] Puttenham was one of the third series of Ham-class ships, with an all-wooden hull, slightly larger than the first two series. [ 4 ] The ship was 107 feet 5 inches (32.74 m) long overall and 100 feet 0 inches (30.48 m) between perpendiculars , with a beam of 21 feet 11 inches (6.68 m) and a draught of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m).
[4] [5] During World War II, Grover-Williams, code named Sebastian, worked as an agent in France for the clandestine British Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis powers, especially those occupied by Nazi Germany.
Brand flew on four space missions; Apollo–Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35. He logged 746 hours in space and commanded three missions. He logged 746 hours in space and commanded three missions. Brand was the last member of his astronaut class to remain active with NASA, and was the only Apollo-era astronaut to pilot the Space Shuttle in the ...
Then-Commander Colonel Michael Martin at a dedication ceremony honoring 24th STS Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell who was killed in Afghanistan the previous year.. The 724th Special Tactics Group is one of the special operations ground components of the 24th Special Operations Wing, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
STS-51-B completed 110 orbits of Earth at an altitude of 190 nautical miles. [2] Overmyer aiming a camera out of an overhead window of Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-51-B mission. In 1986, Overmyer was involved in the recovery of the Challenger disaster crew remains and was also one of NASA's lead investigators into the incident. [3] [4]