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Caption: Mike Gruntman, professor and chair of astronautics at the University of Southern California, received the Luigi Napolitano Award (2006) from the International Academy of Astronautics for his book Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry.
Credit: University of Southern California
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Related news release: Blazing the Trail receives the IAA Luigi Napolitano Award