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To the Moon and Mars

In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced the ambitious goal of putting humans on Mars. The first stage involves returning to the Moon by the year 2020 and establishing a base…

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Infoplease's most viewed pages Current Events Lebanon timeline Iraq timeline Al-Qaeda Current Events Month by Month People in the News Recent Deaths World Countries of the World How…

1980 – 1989 World History

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) The Republican National Committee Sandra Day O'Connor (1930– ) U.S. Supreme Court Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) The Permanent Mission of India…

GARN, Edwin Jacob (Jake), Congress, UT (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1974-1993 Party: Republican GARN, Edwin Jacob (Jake), a Senator from Utah; born in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, October 12, 1932; attended Salt Lake City public…

Chandra: Exploring the Invisible Universe

Sources: NASA and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. NASA's most powerful X-ray telescope, called the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), was launched from the space shuttle Columbia…

February 2003 Disasters

Feb. 1, Tex.: The Columbia Space Shuttle, on its 28th mission, broke up as it reentered Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. They were: Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool,…

Italicization

Italicize the following (or underline if writing by hand or using a typewriter):The titles of books, plays, book-length poems, magazines, and newspapers: War and Peace TIME magazine Twelfth…

Fuel Cell FAQs

The following frequently asked questions about fuel cells were provided courtesy of Fuel Cells 2000, a nonprofit advocacy organization. What is a fuel cell? In principle, a fuel cell operates like…