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Luigi Broglio (11 November 1911 – 14 January 2001), [1] was an Italian aerospace engineer, airforce lieutenant colonel and dean of the school of aeronautical engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Known as "the Italian von Braun", [2] he is best known as the architect of the San Marco programme.
Luigi Gussalli (1885–1950), engineer and inventor, was a pioneer of motor cars.He turned to astronautics in the 1920s, corresponding with world leaders in this field, such as Oberth and Goddard and exchanging with them theories on interplanetary flight and its prospects.
The date of Gagarin's space flight, 12 April, has been commemorated. Since 1962, it has been celebrated first in the USSR and since 1991 in Russia and some other former Soviet republics as Cosmonautics Day. [115] [116] Since 2000, Yuri's Night, an international celebration, is held annually to commemorate milestones in space exploration. [117]
It was named after its founder and Italian space pioneer Luigi Broglio. [1] Developed in the 1960s through a partnership between the Sapienza University of Rome 's Aerospace Research Centre and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) , the BSC served as a spaceport for the launch of both Italian and international satellites ...
Jack Westelman (April 7, 1941 – November 28, 2013), professionally known as Danny Wells, was a Canadian actor.He was best known for his role as Charlie, the bartender on The Jeffersons, as well as his role as Luigi in the live-action/animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.
Luigi Mangione was "depressed" while living in Hawaii and his friends became worried when he stopped communicating with them after moving away in 2002. Mangione is accused of murdering ...
Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione will face a Manhattan judge for the second time in five days on Monday — but it’s still unclear if the feds or the state will get the first ...
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of 100 km (62 mi) and safely parachuted back to Earth.