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Today in History 11/29 (Trans-Canada Air Lines)

November 29, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
Wreckage of the Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8 jetliner near Ste. Therese, north of Montreal (© AP)(1963) Canadian plane crash brings calls for “black boxes” on flights
Shortly after takeoff, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 plummets into a field near Montreal, killing all 118 people aboard. The DC8 lacks a flight data recorder, which will complicate finding the precise cause of the crash, spurring the push for “black boxes” to be on all Canadian commercial flights.
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval Airport to Toronto International Airport on November 29, 1963. The aircraft was a four-engine Douglas DC-8-54CF airliner, registered CF-TJN. About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 20 miles north of Montreal, near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada, killing all 118 people on board: 111 passengers and 7 crew members. The crash was the deadliest in Canadian history at that time. It was also the worst crash of DC-8 at the time, and, as of 2016, the sixth worst.
Fatalities: 118
Date: Nov 29, 1963
Flight origin: Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Destination: Toronto Pearson International Airport
Survivors: 0
Passengers: 111

Trans Canada Air Lines Douglas DC-8-54CF (CF-TJN) at London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft crashed on 29 November 1963, only several months after this photo as taken
Trans Canada Air Lines Douglas DC-8-54CF (CF-TJN) at London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft crashed on 29 November 1963, only several months after this photo as taken.
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(1963) Canadian plane crash brings calls for “black boxes” on flights.
Also on this day,

1947 | UN approves Jewish state as it calls for Palestine to be split between Arabs and Jews
The UN General Assembly resolution recommends the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine. The resolution also mandates control of Jerusalem and a timeline for the withdrawal of British forces. The Palestine civil war will break out shortly after the resolution passes.
1961 | Enos the chimp is launched in space and orbits Earth
Having completed 1,250 hours of training, Enos takes off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5, becoming the first chimp to successfully orbit the Earth. He’ll take two spins around the globe before splashing down near Bermuda. On the rescue boat, Enos will jump for joy and shake hands with his rescuers.
1981 | Star of ‘West Side Story,’ Natalie Wood, drowns
The bruised body of the 43-year-old actress is found floating face down near Catalina Island, California. She had been staying on a yacht with her husband, actor Robert Wagner, and her co-star in the film “Brainstorm,” Christopher Walken. Wood’s death is ruled an accident, but later is changed to “undetermined.”

Today in History 11/29/17

Enos being prepared for insertion into the Mercury-Atlas 5 capsule in 1961 (© NASA)(1961) Enos the chimp is launched in space and orbits Earth
Having completed 1,250 hours of training, Enos takes off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5, becoming the first chimp to successfully orbit the Earth. He'll take two spins around the globe before splashing down near Bermuda. On the rescue boat, Enos will jump for joy and shake hands with his rescuers.
Enos was the second chimpanzee launched into space by NASA. He was the first chimpanzee, and third hominid after cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov, to achieve Earth orbit. Enos' flight occurred on November 29, 1961.
Died: Nov 04, 1962
Space missions: Mercury-Atlas 5
Space agency: NASA

Mercury-Atlas 5 Enos with handler
Chimpanzee Enos with handler before Mercury-Atlas 5 flight Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the mission plan originally called for three orbits, due to a malfunctioning thruster and other technical difficulties, flight controllers were forced to terminate Enos' flight after two orbits. Enos landed in the recovery area and was picked up 75 minutes after splashdown. He was found to be in good overall condition and both he and the Mercury spacecraft performed well. His mission concluded the testing for a human orbital flight, achieved by John Glenn on February 20, 1962. Enos died at Holloman Air Force Base of a non-space related case of dysentery 11 months after his flight. For more information about Enos and other animals who have made the journey into space, visit: history.nasa.gov/animals.html

wiki/Enos_(chimpanzee)
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Posted in: History Tagged: 1947, 1961, 1963, 1981, Arabs, black box, Canadian, Christopher Walken, Earth, Enos, history, Jews, Mercury-Atlantis 5, Montreal, NASA, Natalie Wood, Palestine, Partition Plan, Robert Wagner, Trans-Canada Air Lines, United Nations, West Side Story

Daily Pic 10/10/18 (Outer Space Treaty)

October 10, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
NASA

Space is for everyone

The end of World Space Week today comes with a message of hope. Fifty-one years ago, the pact known as the Outer Space Treaty went into effect. The US, UK, and USSR were the first parties to the treaty and at least 107 other nations have since joined them, with additional countries working on ratification. The treaty establishes ‘space law’—in essence, an agreement that space exploration should only be for the benefit of all of humanity. No weapons of mass destruction can be placed on the moon, or any other orbiting body.

This photo of Saturn was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, a craft that was launched by NASA, but, in the spirit of space law, has a ground team that works on finding new and innovative ways to share Hubble’s data around the world.

Daily Pic 10/10/17

© Bill Ingalls/NASA

A Soyuz descent module returns to Earth



Posted in: Photos Tagged: daily pic, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Outer Space Treaty, Saturn, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, World Space Week
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