Father Knows Best?; The Spirit of St. Louis Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic. Friendship 7 John Glenn flew the little Mercury capsule to the moon. Sputnik The Russian satellite carried a dog into space. From: The Washington Post | Date: June 16, 2007| Author: Steve Hendrix - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright 2007 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Doug Hardy was barely inside the door of the National Air and Space Museum when he made up his first "fact."

On a sunny morning a few days before Father's Day, Hardy and his son Andrei were huddled under the Mercury capsule. Like countless dads before him, he was explaining rocket science to his boy, in this case how the mottled heat shield protected John Glenn from a fiery death as the craft plunged through the atmosphere.

Then Andrei, 12, asked: What are these dark disks made...

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