Dragon

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Witness the launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, May 25, 2012

Dragon on recovery ship

SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station

Learn about SpaceX, the first private company in history to send a spacecraft, which it named Dragon, to the International Space Station

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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

US Skylab space station in orbit. After the Apollo missions, the next major NASA venture was the Skylab manned earth satellite program. The orbiting laboratory was launched on May 14, 1973, and during the year three separate crewsof three men were sent up

Pro and Con: Space Colonization

The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. October 10, 2012.

6 Signs It’s Already the Future

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad stands beside the U.S. flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) Nov. 19, 1969. Footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.

How Many People Have Been to the Moon?

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Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Middle East bee locator map

Are the Middle East and the Near East the Same Thing?

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

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Dragon on recovery ship

SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station

Witness the launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, May 25, 2012

Learn about SpaceX, the first private company in history to send a spacecraft, which it named Dragon, to the International Space Station

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