Before the Rockets and Nasa Were Born, 147 Years Ago the Spanish Engineer Who Created the First Spacecraft

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On February 13, 1879, 147 years ago, he was born in Granada, one of the most visual names of the European aeronautic engineering. In the middle of the earthquakes, the Darro River enthusiasts and epidemics that marked the end of the 19th century, Emilio Herrera Linares grew up surrounded by books, maps and reports of scientific facts that would shape his trajectory. The son of military soldier Emilio Herrera Ojeda and Rita Linares Salanava devel…