Faxes From the Far Side

On the 10th of January 1956--about a decade into the Cold War and about a year into the Space Race--the United States Air Force launched the first vehicle in its top secret Genetrix program. The vehicle was a balloon—an enormous, 200-foot-tall, 100-foot-wide helium balloon—the first of hundreds... By Alan Bellows.
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