Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly into space in two separate spacecraft, has died at the age of 91. Engle’s death was announced Wednesday (July 10) in a public post by his family on Facebook. “Blessed with natural flying skills, General Joe, as he was known by many, was happiest in a cockpit,” the … Read more
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For those of you who don’t celebrate World UFO Day, consider this: A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer told Congress last summer about a government program that recovers and reconstructs unidentified flying objects. The Mexican Congress held an unprecedented session in September that presented alleged mummies as “non-human beings that … Read more
Richard “Dick” Truly, one of the first astronauts to fly the space shuttle and later led NASA as its eighth administrator, has died at the age of 86. Truly’s death on Tuesday (Feb. 27) was confirmed by the Association of Space Explorers, a professional organization for the world’s astronauts and cosmonauts, which considered Truly a … Read more
When analyzing a set of data, one of the first steps many people take is to calculate an average. You can compare your height to the average height of the people where you live, or brag about the batting average of your favorite baseball player. But while the average can help you study a data … Read more