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FORMER CUBAN LEADER HAS DIED AT 90

NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWSTORIES   Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz    (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWSTORIES

LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWSTORIES   The lift-off of Mercury-Atlas 5 carrying space chimp "Enos" from  Kennedy Space Center. The  NASA Public Affairs Office  issued a press release stating "The men in  charge of Project Mercury have insisted on orbiting the  chimpanzee  as a  necessary preliminary checkout of the entire Mercury program before risking  a human astronaut." prior to the flight. The craft orbited the  Earth  twice and splashed down about 200 miles south of  Bermuda .   Enos in his flight couch prior to being put into Mercury capsule.         NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWSTORIES