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Project Daedalus
(named after Daedalus, the Greek mythological designer who crafted wings for human flight) a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible uncrewed interstellar probe.
MIT Daedalus
The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Daedalus is a class of three human-powered aircraftJohn McIntyre, Man's Greatest Flight , AeroModeller, August 1988 (in files of Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Aircraft Group) (accessed Nov. 13 2012) that included Daedalus 88which, on 23 April 1988, flew a distance of in 3 hours, 54 minutes, from Heraklion on the island of Crete to the island of Santorini.
The Daedalus Encounter
a 1995 interactive movie puzzle adventure game developed by Mechadeus and published by Virgin Interactive for Windows.
Daedalus Flight Pack
a jet suit capable of flying, hovering and powered jumps.
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