1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

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Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

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Having a Field Day

Floyd Bennett Field then and now:

(a postcard printed by Interborough News Co., New York, New York, from a photo by Rudy Arnold and apparently colorized by something called C.T. Art-Colortone)

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Another photo by Rudy Arnold

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1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

worth a read

Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

Read it on Substack