On January 14, 1972 ANSA astronauts Taylor, Dodge, Landon and Stewart were launched from Cape Kennedy. During the course of their flight, the craft travelled at nearly the speed of light, causing the Earth to age drastically by comparison to the crew and bearing out Dr. Otto Hasslein's hypothesis. Astronauts Brent and Maddox were launched along the same flight path as the previous vessel and like Taylor's craft before them, they slipped through a Hasslein Curve - a quantum bend in space - and travelled through time, losing contact with home.