PULL · 4 APR 1998

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your sky.

Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Here are space-suited Project Mercury astronauts John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, and Alan B. Shepard Jr. in front of a Redstone rocket. Project Mercury was the first U.S. program to put humans in space. It used one-man capsules and Redstone and Atlas rockets for six flights. Alan Shepard piloted the first U.S. manned suborbital flight on May 5, 1961.

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Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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ARIES

In tropical astrology, 4 APR 1998 falls under Aries (♈). The sign's window runs from 03-21 through 04-19. Aries is the constellation traditionally tied to spring's arrival in the northern hemisphere. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 4 APR 1998.

THE ALMANAC FOR 4 APR 1998

DAY

Saturday

MOON

First quarter, 50% lit

POSITION

Day 94 of 365

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This was your sky.

Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone

This was
your sky.