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Parachutes supporting the Apollo 14 spacecraft as it approached touchdown in the South Pacific Ocean, February 9, 1971.

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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

André-Jacques Garnerin.

André-Jacques Garnerin

French parachutist

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Louis-Sebastien Lenormand

French aeronaut