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U.S. Staffed Space Flight Programs
Mercury. Project Mercury, initiated in 1958 and completed in 1963, was the United States' first human-in-space program. It was designed to further knowledge about humanity's capabilities…Soviet Staffed Space Flight Programs
Vostok. The Soviets's first staffed capsule, roughly spherical, used to place the first six cosmonauts in Earth orbit (1961–1965). Voskhod. Adaptation of the Vostok capsule to accommodate…Mackay
(Encyclopedia) MackayMackayməkīˈ [key], city and region (2016 pop. 114,969), Queensland, NE Australia on the Pioneer River. A port city, Mackay exports sugar, beef, and coal. The surrounding shire of…SETI
(Encyclopedia) SETISETIsĕtˈē [key] [Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence], name given to a series of independent programs to detect radio signals from civilizations beyond the solar system.…2002 Nobel Prize Winners
Peace: Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, was cited for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human…Gibson, Paris
(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Paris, 1830–1920, American pioneer and politician, b. Brownfield, Maine. After serving in the Maine legislature he moved to Minneapolis, where he built the first flour mill and…Women's Suffrage: Last of All Suffrage Conventions
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Adding Up the Ratification ColumnThe Opposition Grows GrimmerLast of All Suffrage ConventionsWith February of 1920 the suffrage program…Top TV Programs, 2011–2012 Season
Find out which network television shows ranked in the top ten for the 2011–2012 season. /**/ RankProgram Network Total Viewers1 Sunday Night Football NBC 20.74 million 2 American Idol-…50th Emmy Awards: Other Programs
prev | variety, music & comedy | tv movie | non-fiction | children's | animated Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Dennis Miller Live (HBO) Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)…Social Welfare Expenditures Under Public Programs
(in millions of dollars) Total social welfare expenditures represents program and administrative expenditures from federal, state, and local public revenues and trust funds under public…Trending
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