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MAY
05
Today in History
1961 - Cmdr. Alan Shepard Jr. makes the first U.S. manned space flight. USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) recovers the capsule after the 15 minute flight.
MAY
18

Virtual Book Talk:When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship, with John Geoghegan and Curator Gordon Calhoun

MAY
22

The acronym USNS designates non-commissioned ships that are the property of the United States Navy. These ships are unarmed auxiliary support vessels owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Military Sealift Command. As opposed to USS designated ships, USNS ships have civilian crews and are commanded by active-duty naval officers.