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Do you know about the soda war that took place in space?

When the rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi reaches orbit... In July 1985, the two soda giants vied for the title of "first cola in space" during a landmark NASA mission. This episode highlights the ...
WHNT

Former NASA Administrator James Beggs dies at 94

NASA’s sixth former administrator, James Beggs, passed away on April 23. He was 94. Beggs served as NASA administrator from July 1981 to December 1985. He was nominated by President Reagan for the ...
Aviation Week

NASA's DC-8 Flies Into Retirement

Acquired by NASA in 1985, the DC-8 was used on 158 science campaigns. Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when it was ...

Here's how a Wisconsin student, paper scientists got astronauts to make paper in space in 1986

Here's the semi-forgotten story of how, in 1986, NASA picked an Appleton high school student's experiment to fly on the space ...