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      <title>Fourteen Michigan Natives Have Spent Time in Space</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that people from Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Muskegon have flown to space multiple times? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/fourteen-michigan-natives-in-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Did you know that people from Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Muskegon have flown to space multiple times? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/fourteen-michigan-natives-in-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan Native &amp; Apollo 1 Pilot Remembered On Anniversary Of Tragedy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy, Michigan remembers the hero native who perished in a pre-launch test in a program that eventually put the first man on the moon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-native-apollo-1-pilot/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On the anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy, Michigan remembers the hero native who perished in a pre-launch test in a program that eventually put the first man on the moon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-native-apollo-1-pilot/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>SpaceX Successfully Launched Its Second Crew Of Astronauts Into Space</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Dragon capsule was named "Resilience" by the crew in light of the challenges of 2020.
 
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/spacex-successfully-launched-its-second-crew-of-astronauts-into-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Dragon capsule was named &quot;Resilience&quot; by the crew in light of the challenges of 2020.
 
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/spacex-successfully-launched-its-second-crew-of-astronauts-into-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How to Watch SpaceX Launch Into Space Today</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 14:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the first time in almost a decade that the U.S. will be going to space. <a href="https://wgrd.com/how-to-watch-spacex-launch-into-space-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the first time in almost a decade that the U.S. will be going to space. <a href="https://wgrd.com/how-to-watch-spacex-launch-into-space-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Imagine If You Were Coming Home From Space To The Coronavirus Pandemic</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:06:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's really happening for two astronauts who have been in space for the past 7 months.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/imagine-if-you-were-coming-home-from-space-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&apos;s really happening for two astronauts who have been in space for the past 7 months.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/imagine-if-you-were-coming-home-from-space-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:28:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The launch was halted following a booster failure a few minutes after the launch sequence began. <a href="https://wgrd.com/astronauts-in-good-condition-after-emergency-landing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The launch was halted following a booster failure a few minutes after the launch sequence began. <a href="https://wgrd.com/astronauts-in-good-condition-after-emergency-landing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:31:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Wait, what? About two years ago, the Mars One project began soliciting candidates to go on a one-way trip to Mars to help prepare the planet for colonization by Earth. There will be 24 selected to head to Mars and begin the process of making the red planet ready for the rest of us to move house.
And die, I guess, since there's no return trip even in the planning for this. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-final-100-candidates-to-colonize-mars-have-been-chosen-to-die-for-us/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wait, what? About two years ago, the Mars One project began soliciting candidates to go on a one-way trip to Mars to help prepare the planet for colonization by Earth. There will be 24 selected to head to Mars and begin the process of making the red planet ready for the rest of us to move house.
And die, I guess, since there&apos;s no return trip even in the planning for this. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-final-100-candidates-to-colonize-mars-have-been-chosen-to-die-for-us/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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