Misc: What shuttle launch merited the Time cover headline - whew?

Questions

In what field was Erie Shipton famous?

Who in 1994 knocked out Michael Moorer to become the oldest man ever to win a version of the World Heavyweight Boxing title?

In which city is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway?

Which Italian composer's funeral in 1924 was said to have brought Rome to a standstill?

Name the variety of brassica, whose thickened stem, resembling a turnip, is eaten as a vegetable?