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Dolphins Crash Party As Astronauts Return To Earth After 9-Month Mission Dolphins Crash Party As Astronauts Return To Earth After 9-Month Mission
Dolphins Crash Party As Astronauts Return To Earth After 9-Month Mission Nine months after departing for the International Space Station on a planned week-long trip, two American astronauts have finally returned to Earth after a string of delays and bad luck.  But it wasn't just a grateful nation welcoming them home — they also received an unexpected visit from a pod of dolphins, which showed up to check out their splashdown. Astronauts Sunita Williams, 59, of Needham, Massachusetts, and Butch Wilmore, 62, landed  Tuesday evening, March 18, in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida. They were joined on the return trip by astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmo…

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by Josh Lanier
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American Hero Aviator Chuck Yeager Dies At 97 American Hero Aviator Chuck Yeager Dies At 97
American Hero Aviator Chuck Yeager Dies At 97 He was born in an Appalachian hollow and went on to become a real-life American hero who was considered the country's greatest pilot. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter ace who displayed “the right stuff” when he became the first aviator to break the sound barrier nearly three quarters of a century ago, died Monday night in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 97. “My life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9 pm ET,” his widow, Victoria, tweeted. “An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest pilot & a legacy of strength, adventure” N…

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by Jerry DeMarco