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Brielle F

Robert Goddard : Feature Articles - 0 views

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  • In 1914, Goddard received two U.S. patents, one for a rocket that used liquid fuel, the other for a two- or three-stage rocket using solid fuel. At his own expense, he began to make systematic studies about propulsion provided by various types of gunpowder. This work resulted in his classic study in 1916 requesting funds from the Smithsonian Institution to continue his research. This was published along with his subsequent research in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publication No. 2540 (January 1920) entitled "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes." In this treatise, he detailed a search for methods of raising weather-recording instruments higher than sounding balloons.
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    Robert H. Goddard. Blue prints of rocket on page
Xavier W

Defense.gov News Article: The Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Timeline - 0 views

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  • Iraq invades Kuwait, Aug. 2, 1990. 
  • Operation Desert Shield begins, Aug. 7. 
  • Operation Desert Storm and air war phase begins, 3 a.m., Jan. 17, 1991 (Jan. 16, 7 p.m. Eastern time).
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  • President Bush authorizes the call-up of up to 1 million National Guardsmen and Reservist for up to two years, Jan. 18. 
  • Iraq officially accepts cease-fire terms, April 6. 
  • Cease-fire takes effect, April 11.
  • Xavier W on 26 Feb 14
     
    Gives a timeline of The Operation Dessert Shield/Desert Storm
  • Xavier W on 26 Feb 14
     
    Gives a timeline of The Operation Dessert Shield/Desert Storm 
Xavier W

Cold War Museum - 0 views

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  • In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries.
  • The Soviet Union was built on approximately the same territory as the Russian Empire which it succeeded. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the newly-formed government developed a philosophy of socialism with the eventual and gradual transition to Communism.
  • By the time of the 1985 rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, the country was in a situation of severe stagnation, with deep economic and political problems which sorely needed to be addressed and overcome.
  • Xavier W on 26 Feb 14
     
    Fall Of The Soviet Union
  • Xavier W on 26 Feb 14
     
    Fall Of The Soviet Union 
Xavier W

HubbleSite - The Telescope - Hubble Essentials - 0 views

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  • since the time of Galileo, astronomers have shared a single goal — to see more, see farther, see deeper.
  • The Hubble Space Telescope's launch in 1990 sped humanity to one of its greatest advances in that journey.
  • Hubble is a telescope that orbits Earth.
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  • Its position above the atmosphere, which distorts and blocks the light that reaches our planet, gives it a view of the universe that typically far surpasses that of ground-based telescopes.
  • Hubble is one of NASA's most successful and long-lasting science missions.
  • Hubble's discoveries have transformed the way scientists look at the universe.
  • Among its many discoveries, Hubble has revealed the age of the universe to be about 13 to 14 billion years
  • Hubble has shown scientists galaxies in all stages of evolution, including toddler galaxies that were around when the universe was still young, helping them understand how galaxies form. It found protoplanetary disks, clumps of gas and dust around young stars that likely function as birthing grounds for new planets. It discovered that gamma-ray bursts — strange, incredibly powerful explosions of energy — occur in far-distant galaxies when massive stars collapse. And these are only a handful of its many contributions to astronomy.
  • More than 10,000 scientific articles have been published based on Hubble data.
  • Xavier W on 26 Feb 14
     
    Launch Of Hubble Telescope - Everything to know
Xavier W

O. J. Simpson was arrested for double murder - National this day in history | Examiner.com - 0 views

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Xavier 1990 190s murder O.J. arrested simpson

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  • June 17, 1994: Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson is arrested for a double murder. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered outside Nicole's apartment on June 12, 1994. Both victims were repeatedly stabbed and both had defensive wounds, attesting to their struggle in the attack.
  • Police permitted him to turn himself in, thinking he was not a flight risk. O.J. was to be at the police station at 11 AM on this date. He didn't show.
  • At 2 PM, the police issued an all-points bulletin for O.J. His lawyer and friend read a disjointed and confusing letter from the ex-football star that sounded like a suicide note. The police tracked cellular phone calls to find Simpson. They found his friend, Al Cowlings, driving a white Ford Bronco heading south on Interstate 405. When police approached the SUV, Cowlings told them O.J. was in the back seat, holding a gun to his own head. Police backed away.
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  • Police followed the white Bronco down the freeway at speeds of only 35 mph. At the beginning of the low-speed chase, a lone helicopter flew above and filmed the event. As the pursuit continued, other film crews took to the air and radio announcers pleaded with O.J. to give himself up. The roadway was cleared of traffic and the country watched as a phalanx of police cruisers paced the SUV. The chase ended at 8 PM when O.J. was taken into custody outside his home.
  • "The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top." "I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed." "I have always wanted to be liked and respected."
  • "Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person." - all from O.J. Simpson
  • "Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person." -
  • Xavier W on 19 Mar 14
     
    O.J. Simpson arrested for double murder.
Ivy A

Concentration Camps, 1933-1939 - 0 views

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Ivy A

The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 - 0 views

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ivy olympics 1930s berlin hitler

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  • Ivy A on 12 Mar 14
     
    1936 Olympics in Berlin
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