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The election of Eugenio Pacelli as Pope Pius XII on 2 March 1939 placed the papacy at the helm of the Catholic Church during one of the most volatile periods of the twentieth century. Ascending to the throne of Saint Peter just months before the outbreak of the Second World War , his long tenure would span nearly two decades of profound global upheaval. His leadership was defined by the immense ch...
Read moreA New Era for Orbital Transport The launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission in March 2019 represented a pivotal shift in the landscape of human spaceflight. As an uncrewed orbital test flight, the mission was designed to validate the capabilities of the SpaceX spacecraft and its associated Falcon 9 launch vehicle. By sending the vessel to the International Space Station without a human crew on bo...
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