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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objec...
4: ...cientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice...
6: ...ntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a...
11: ...perspective, the definition of space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's...
13: ... 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]]. - List of human spaceflights (317 bytes)
1: For a detailed listing of human spaceflights, see:
3: * [[List of human spaceflights, 1961-1986]]
4: * [[List of human spaceflights, 1987-1999]]
5: * [[List of human spaceflights, 2000-present]]
9: * [[List of human spaceflights by program]] - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
3: ...der the FAI definition. Those who have achieved this are said to hold [[astronaut wings]]. Astronauts ...
7: ...decessor is called a '''cosmonaut'''. "Cosmonaut" is an anglicization of the [[Russia]]n word к&...
9: ...s training begins, while in Russia, an individual is not labelled a cosmonaut until successful space f...
13: ...has actually been in space. Official English text issued by the Chinese government uses ''astronaut''.
18: ...d]] became the first [[American]] in space in May 1961. On [[July 23]] [[1980]] [[Pham Tuan]] of Vietnam... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ut of feathers and wax for himself and his son. His son Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax ...
5: ...omputer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such as the [[F-117]].
13: ...ct. See [[List of early flying machines]] for a list of these. Note that there are many claims and c...
15: ...rdo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...mind an arm or leg." Swedenborg was prescient in his observation that powering the aircraft through th... - Flower (10503 bytes)
3: ...mary means by which individuals of a species are dispersed across the landscape. After fertilization, ...
6: ... stem is called a '''pedicel''', the end of which is the '''torus''' or '''receptacle'''. [[Image:4TR_...
10: ...lament'' topped by an ''anther'' where [[pollen]] is produced. Pollen contains the male [[gamete]]s.
11: ...ticky tip of tip of the pistil, the '''stigma''', is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the...
13: ...ls in a compound pistil may be only two, or otherwise not related to the above generalization for mono... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of inventors'''.
3: ''See also:'' [[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline o...
5: ==Alphabetical list==
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
23: ...Baird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]] - Human (48024 bytes)
2: ...woman,<br> sent to space with the [[Pioneer 11]] mission}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
15: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subspecies}}
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23: <!-- this paragraph is about biology--> - Food (24212 bytes)
3: ... [[energy]] and of [[nutrition]] for animals, and is usually of [[animal]] or [[plant]] [[origin]].
5: ...n [[English language|English]], the term ''food'' is often used [[metaphor]]ically or figuratively, as...
8: [[Western world|Western]] food law recognises four categories of object as food:
16: *[http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900016_en...
21: ===Historical development=== - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...The term was popularized by the U.S. political adviser and financier [[Bernard Baruch]] in April 1947 ...
4: ==Characteristics==
5: ... the balance of power in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World became an ev...
7: ... invasion of Afghanistan|Afghan War]]; and CIA-assisted military coups against left-leaning elected go...
9: ...'see'' [[SALT I]], [[SALT II]], [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]]). U.S.-Soviet relations would deteri... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: ...am<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
31: ...ary history of the United States]]<br>[[Military history of Vietnam]]
33: ...st Party of Vietnam. In [[Vietnam]], the conflict is known as '''the American War''' ([[Vietnamese lan...
37: ...th the Americans. The difficulty in this is establishing a beginning and an end. The fighting with the...
43: ... [[France|the French]], with the financial and logistical support of the United States, fought a losin... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]...
4: ...or [[Joseph McCarthy]] gains power, and [[McCarthyism]] (1950-1954) begins
13: *[[1953]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes President
15: *[[1953]] - Armistice in [[Korea]]
17: *[[1954]] - Joseph McCarthy discredited in [[Joseph_McCarthy#Fall_of_McCarthy|Arm... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
8: ...h became involved, directly and indirectly, in assisting the anti-Bolshevik Whites in the [[Russian Ci...
11: ...umb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S....
13: ...vinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, therefore, Yalta wa...
15: ...us exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of the developin... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ivan iss.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Hurricane Ivan]] viewed ...
6: ...hurricane''', depending on strength and location) is a type of low-[[atmospheric pressure|pressure]] s...
9: ... vapor condensing at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thought of as a giant ...
11: ...torrential rains and [[floods]] associated with this phenomenon.
13: ... cyclone passes over land, its strength will diminish. - Plato (17363 bytes)
2: ...countries speaking Arabic, Turkish or Persian, he is called '''Eflatun''', which means a [[spring (wat...
4: ... and some [[letter]]s have come down to us under his name. All the known dialogues of Plato survive; ...
6: ...of the content and argument of any given dialogue is Socrates' point of view, and how much of it Plato...
8: ...e European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." -- [[Alfred...
12: ...y refers either to his physical appearance or to his wrestling stance or style. - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], with an [[ecc...
3: ... Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in the ...
5: ...in the sky after the Sun and [[Moon]]. Its symbol is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's ...
7: ...s modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', ...
11: == Physical characteristics == - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: '''January 17''' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: ...tting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: ...e of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the t...
9: ...er Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarle...
13: ...ted Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Su... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: '''January 2''' is the [[2 (number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[G...
8: ...[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''. - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
9: ...ench language|French]] and [[English language|English]] often understood by educated classes |
13: ...itles = [[King of Cambodia|King]] <br> [[Prime Minister]] |
32: established_events = - Declared<br>- Recognized |
33: established_dates = From [[France]]<br>[[1949]]<br>[[1953]...
45: ... people|Khmer]] extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as '''Cambodian''', or more of...
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