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    Mar 18, 2019
    Apollo Astronauts at #ECAD2019. Photo by @felixkunze L-R: @Cmd16Duke (Apollo 16), @TheRealBuzz (Apollo 11), Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), @WordenAlfred (Apollo 15), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), @JackSchmitt17 (Apollo 17), Michael Collins (Apollo 11), Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
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    The Explorers Club
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    Jun 22, 2023
    With Deepest Condolences - Loss of the Titan
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    Dec 9, 2022
    It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of legendary Club member Colonel Joseph “Joe” Kittinger, II MED ’63, a distinguished recipient of the 2001 Explorers Club Medal and an aerospace pioneer. Col. Kittinger passed away today - Friday, December 9, 2022, at 94.
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    The Explorers Club
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    Jun 21, 2023
    Message from President Richard Garriott Regarding the Ongoing Titanic Search and Rescue Mission
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    Oct 14, 2020
    #OTD 14 October 1947 Chuck Yeager @GenChuckYeager broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound in a Bell X-1 rocket plane.
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    Dec 14, 2021
    On this day in 1911, #RoaldAmundsen and his team - Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting - became the first to reach the #SouthPole. #OTD #history #Antarctica
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    Sep 1, 2019
    If only every explorer could carry their own shelter like this armadillo does ;-)
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    Jan 20, 2023
    Happy 93rd birthday to @TheRealBuzz Buzz Aldrin!
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    Nov 13, 2023
    To All Explorers Around The World,⁠ ⁠ I have the sad duty to announce the passing of Explorers Club Medalist Captain Don Walsh MED’61, who alongside Jacques Piccard was the first human to the bottom of the deepest point in the ocean, the 10,916 meter Challenger Deep.⁠ ⁠ The
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    Jun 7, 2020
    Former @NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan @AstroKDS has just become the first woman to visit the deepest place on Earth: The Challenger Deep. Victor Vescovo: "Just back up from Challenger Deep! My co-pilot was Dr. Kathy Sullivan!"
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    The Explorers Club
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    Jun 19, 2023
    Search for Titanic Expedition Intensifies
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    May 20, 2023
    HMS Challenger: How a 150-year-old expedition still influences scientific discoveries today nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…
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    Jun 18, 2023
    Some people will always be cool. #OceanMonth Jacques Cousteau (June 11, 1910 - June 25, 1997).
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    Jun 7, 2020
    Congratulations to TEC Medalist, @AstroKDS, for becoming the 1st woman to dive the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. Dr. Sullivan is also the 1st American woman to walk in space, making her the 1st person to both walk in space, & descend to the deepest point in the ocean.