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Where Did the Moon Come From?
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
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Born September 11, 1935 • near Barnaul • Russia
Died September 20, 2000 (aged 65) • Moscow • Russia
Awards And Honors Order of Lenin
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut
Aleksandr Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Konstantin Feoktistov
Konstantin Feoktistov
Russian cosmonaut
Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
Soviet cosmonaut
Aleksei Leonov
Aleksei Leonov
Soviet cosmonaut
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Boris Borisovich Yegorov
Soviet physician
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Afghan pilot and cosmonaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Cuban pilot and cosmonaut

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