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Aviation History
by Terah Shelton on September 27, 2007
This week in outdoor history features the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the first round-the-world flight.
September 14, 1959: The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
September 17, 1908: Lt. Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.
September 18, 1961: Secretary-General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).
September 24, 1960: The Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
September 28, 1924 : Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.
September 29, 1988: The space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.
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