Corona's 35th Anniversary: a look back, a look ahead

On Aug. 18, 1960, 35 years ago today, a gold-plated capsule attached to a parachute descended toward the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and was snatched in mid-air by a U.S. C-119 aircraft. Sealed inside the capsule was a precious cargo: 3,000 feet of film containing the first images ever recovered from...

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