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Mars One was a small private Dutch organization that received money from investors by claiming it would use it to land the first humans on Mars and leave them there to establish a permanent human colony. [1] [2] [3] From its announcement in 2012 to its bankruptcy in early 2019, it is estimated to have received tens of millions of dollars. [4]
Rogers Commission Report. On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC ).
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping gun bill Thursday that supporters say builds on the state’s existing gun laws, including a crackdown on hard to trace “ghost guns,” while ...
[14] [15] They have characteristic long, narrow beaks (bills) which may be straight (of varying lengths) or highly curved. [14] [15] The bee hummingbird – only 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long and weighing about 2 grams (0.071 oz) – is the world's smallest bird and smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. [14] [16]
Mayotte is the most prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel, making it a major destination for immigration. Mayotte's land area is 374 square kilometres (144 sq mi) and, with its 320,901 people according to January 2024 official estimates,[1]is very densely populated at 858 inhabitants per km2(2,228 per sq mi).
Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. It is 80% of the size of Jamaica,[68]just over 18% of the size of Hispaniolaand 8% of the size of Cuba, the largest of the Greater Antilles. [69] The topography of the island is mostly mountainous with large flat areas in the northern and southern coasts.
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The attacking Ottoman Army, which significantly outnumbered Constantinople's ...