Category: Blog
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NASA’s Artemis I: Image of the Day, Orion Comes Home to Earth and Axios Space
NASA’s Artemis I: Image of the Day, Orion Comes Home to Earth and Axios Space Orion Comes Home to Earth At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5-day mission to the Moon. View Image Feature At 12:40 p.m. EST,…
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Persepolis: Khan Academy, Persepolis Historical Facts and Pictures, Persian Architecture in Photos, and More
Persepolis: Khan Academy, Persepolis Historical Facts and Pictures, Persian Architecture in Photos, and More Khan Academy Persepolis: The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes by Dr. Jeffrey Becker. Created by Smarthistory. Growth of the Achaemenid Empire under different kings (underlying map © Google) By the early fifth century B.C.E. the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire ruled an estimated 44% of the human…
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Expedition 68 – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Day 1&2 Highlights and Crew-4 Mission Returns Home
Expedition 68 – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Day 1&2 Highlights and Crew-4 Mission Returns Home Expedition 68 – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Day 1 Highlights – Oct. 5, 2022 A Russian cosmonaut joined two NASA crewmates and a Japanese space veteran on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Wednesday to the International Space Station NASA’s…
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Month in Review
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Month in Review MARS NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars Sept. 19, 2022 These craters were formed by a Sept. 5, 2021, meteoroid impact on Mars, the first to be detected by NASA’s InSight. Taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this enhanced-color image highlights the dust and…
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Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 3
Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 3 On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, it was more than two years since we came to New York City. NYC was an epic place for the deadly virus and took many lives. Now we came to enjoy the…
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Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 2
Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 2 On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 John and I had not visited New York City for a couple years because of COVID-19. We were eager to see once again the places we enjoyed walking about, seeing all kinds of people, mural artwork on…
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Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 1
Thousands of People and Thousands of Artworks In New York City Part 1 On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 China Town, Canal Street and Lafayette Street John and I had not visited New York City for a couple years because of COVID-19. We were eager to see once again the places we enjoyed walking about, seeing…