Mukai Chiaki

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Planet Earth and lunar moon from space

Where Did the Moon Come From?

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

solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, space

How Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?

Arrangement of the phases of the moon in total eclipse with Blood Moon

9 Celestial Omens

1 July 2002: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite reveals a massive solar eruption more than 30 times the Earth's diameter. The eruption formed when a loop of a magnetic field over the surface of the Sun trapped hot gas.

6 Questions About the Sun Answered

Discover

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Born	May 6, 1952 (age 72) • Tatebayashi • Japan

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Nicollier, Claude

Claude Nicollier

Swiss test pilot and astronaut

Charles Bolden.

Charles Bolden

American astronaut

Stephanie Wilson

Stephanie Wilson

American astronaut

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa

American astronaut and administrator

Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson

United States senator

Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly

Mark Kelly

American astronaut and United States senator

Āl Saʿūd, Salmān

Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud

Saudi royal and astronaut

Scott Kelly

American astronaut

Pedro Duque

Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut

Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins

United States pilot and astronaut

STS-78; Thirsk, Robert

Robert Thirsk

Canadian astronaut

Roberta Bondar

Roberta Bondar

Canadian neurologist, researcher, and astronaut

Kathryn Sullivan

Kathryn Sullivan

American oceanographer and astronaut

Fuglesang, Christer

Christer Fuglesang

Swedish physicist and astronaut

Kadenyuk, Leonid

Leonid Kadenyuk

Ukrainian cosmonaut

Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstituting a prepackaged container of food at the crew quarters' ward-room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the space station, 1973.

Owen Garriott

American astronaut

Franklin Chang-Díaz, 1997.

Franklin Chang-Díaz

Costa Rican-born American physicist and astronaut

Norishige Kanai

Norishige Kanai

Japanese astronaut

Akiyama Toyohiro.

Akiyama Toyohiro

Japanese journalist and television reporter

Mohri Mamoru, right before the takeoff of space shuttle mission STS-99, Feb. 11, 2000.

Mohri Mamoru

Japanese astronaut

Quiz

Edwin E. Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) stands on the moon, Apollo 11

Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts