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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery
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Earth from space. Full-hemisphere views of the Earth showing Hurricane Linda at its peak approaching Baja California on 1997 September 11.
What Is Earth’s Velocity?
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
Astronomical Observatory of the Mojon del Trigo. Long exposure using the star trail technique. Sierra Nevada National Park, in the province of Granada, Andalusia.
Is Earth Going to Change the Direction in Which It Rotates?
Lead image for "A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps"
A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
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July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
6 Important Mughal Emperors
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Born May 10, 1755 • Tiverton • Rhode Island
Died 1806 (aged 50) • Atlantic Ocean • United States
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Bougainville, engraving by Émile Lassalle after Maurin
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French navigator
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Otto von Kotzebue
Russian explorer
Krusenstern, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist
Adam Johann Krusenstern
Russian explorer
Wiley Post
Wiley Post
American pilot
Bertrand Piccard, 1999.
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss aviator
Robert Fitzroy
British scientist
Brian Jones, 1999.
Brian Jones
British aviator
Baron Anson, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, c. 1745–46; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
George Anson, Baron Anson
British admiral
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
Joshua Slocum
Canadian seaman
Admiral John Byron
John Byron
British admiral
Tobias Furneaux
British explorer
Thomas Cavendish, engraving
Thomas Cavendish
English navigator and explorer
Juan Sebastián del Cano
Spanish navigator
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
James Bradley, detail of an oil painting after Thomas Hudson, c. 1742-47; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Bradley
English astronomer
Moon, Earth, and Sun diagrammed in Aristarchus's On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer

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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery