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Private space explorers are also eyeing Venus. Rocket Lab announced in 2020 that it plans toferry a spacecraft to Venusto deploy a probe within the atmosphere. The spacecraft,according to a 2022 paper, has a 2-pound (1 kg) instrument on board and is designed to survive five minutes in...
which starts at ground surface and goes to 12,500 feet. This is the most unrestricted airspace in our country and often comes with an “anything goes” mindset. Every major defense contractor, as well as most Western-states rocket clubs and even land-based speed junkies...
John Greim/LightRocket // Getty Images Now: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Although about 1 million visitors still tour the Gettysburg battlefield every year, between 2–6 million annual visitors made the pilgrimage back at its peak in the 1960s and ’70s. The National Park Service operatesGettysburg N...
“bouncing”) enemy fighters with all guns blazing. It was even more effective as a ground attack aircraft; it was capable of carrying as much as 3,000 pounds of external ordnance. In fact, when fully armed, a P-47 Thunderbolt could deliver about half the payload of a B-17 Flying ...
Discover more about the first atomic bombsThe first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, ...
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France and Britain responded by striking a deal with Israel—whose ships were barred from using the canal and whose southern port of Eilat had been blockaded by Egypt—wherein Israel would invade Egypt; France and Britain would then intervene, ostensibly as peacemakers, and take control of the...
Aftermath of the October 7, 2023, attackSurvivors of a Hamas rocket strike on Tel Aviv talking with rescuers on October 7, 2023.(more) On October 7, 2023, Hamas led the most brutal assault against Israel since its independence, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 240 others ho...
Aftermath of the October 7, 2023, attackSurvivors of a Hamas rocket strike on Tel Aviv talking with rescuers on October 7, 2023. On October 7, 2023, Hamas led the most brutal assault against Israel since its independence, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 240 others hostage....