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Ara Blair

To the person who contacted me recently through this blog about Ara Blair but left an email address that doesn’t accept messages, Ara Helen Blair Mundell was my great grandmother. One of her seven children was my grandfather, Nova Harold Mundell. His son, Gordon Harold Mundell, is my father. So I suspect we’re rather closely [...]

In Family, History on 2 December 2005 with Comments Off

40 years ago today

Today in Science History:
Astronaut Gordon Cooper in orbit 100 miles above the Earth aboard Gemini 5 held a conversation with aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter in Sealab II which was 205 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It was was first time an astronaut in space spoke with an aquanaut.
Makes me wonder just how [...]

In Fun, History on 29 August 2005 with Comments Off