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A look back in time: from deep space to deep freeze

An Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, aircrew member loads a Mercury boilerplate capsule onto a C-119J "Flying Boxcar" in 1962. The 446th Airlift Wing was based out of Ellington when it began as the 446th Troop Carrier Wing in 1955. The unit began working with NASA in 1961. (Courtesy Photo)

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