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Trailblazing Astronaut From Mass Will Be First Woman Aboard A Maiden Crewed Spacecraft Trailblazing Astronaut From Mass Will Be First Woman Aboard A Maiden Crewed Spacecraft
Trailblazing Astronaut From Mass Will Be First Woman Aboard A Maiden Crewed Spacecraft Sunita Williams has held plenty of titles in her life: Astronaut, US Navy officer, former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven), to name a few. Now, the Needham native can add one more to her impressive resume: trailblazer. The 58-year-old Williams is set to become the first woman aboard the maiden flight of a manned spacecraft when NASA and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner launches for the first time from Florida’s Cape Canaveral for the 24-hour journey to the International Space Station. Originally scheduled for takeoff Monday night, May 6, the launch was scrapped “out of an abu…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Video Captures 'UFO' Flying Over Northampton Video Captures 'UFO' Flying Over Northampton
Video Captures 'UFO' Flying Over Northampton Video of an unidentified object flashing and hovering over Northampton earlier this week has people debating the existence of UFOs and other-worldly visitors. On Thursday, Jan . 7, Joe Douglass posted a nearly 2-minute video of a “possible UFO” to YouTube. The video has since garnered more than 1,300 views. The video shows what looks like a white, occasionally translucent hexagon spinning and flashing various colors against a completely black background. The item appears to move in circles as well as up and down, left and right, and appears larger at times than others. The colors flashing…

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by Kristin Palpini