Submitted: May 24, 2008 - It was the 1960s, and the space race was on. In 1957, the Soviet Union built and launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. The citizens of the United States were shocked -- the idea that another country would beat the U.S. into space was unthinkable.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was formed in 1958, initiated the Apollo program with the intention of…
Made Popular: 11 hours ago2008-10-06T09:37:59-07:00 One of the more interesting developments of this election cycle has been the boom in viral online…
Made Popular: 10 hours ago2008-10-06T09:50:22-07:00 Planets circle the stars that dot the heavens. Before 1995, we ...
Made Popular: 11 hours ago2008-10-06T07:37:01-07:00 Nobel Prize week kicked off this morning with awards in Medicine given to discoverers of the…
Made Popular: Yesterday2008-10-06T10:30:00-07:00 It seems that Sarah Palin has been talked about even more than her principal - John McCain - since…
Submitted: 11 hours ago2008-10-06T20:49:11-07:00 Ok, I know that products from China aren't exactly of high quality (despite the fact that many…
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