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Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing and then returned to Earth. [1][2][3] The three astronauts — Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders —were the ...
The Appian Way, one of the oldest and most important Roman roads The Roman Empire in the time of Hadrian (r. 117–138), showing the network of main Roman roads. Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae [ˈwiae̯ roːˈmaːnae̯]; singular: via Romana [ˈwia roːˈmaːna]; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about ...
Alaska Highway. The Alaska Highway (French: Route de l'Alaska; also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska across Canada. It begins at the junction with several Canadian highways in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs to ...
How James Earl Jones 'Paved the Way' on Stage, as Told by the Actor's Contemporary from the '60s (Exclusive) Janine Rubenstein, Jen Juneau September 10, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Roman Britain military infrastructure in 68 AD A Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle, 3rd century. Dubris was the starting point of Watling Street to London and Wroxeter. The earliest roads, built in the first phase of Roman occupation (the Julio-Claudian period, AD 43–68), connected London with the ports used in the invasion (Chichester and Richborough), and with the earlier legionary bases at ...
Internal combustion auto racing events began soon after the construction of the first successful gasoline -fuelled automobiles. The first organized contest was on April 28, 1887, by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier. [1] It ran 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, [ a ]motorway, [ b ] and expressway. [ c ] Other similar terms include throughway or thruway[ d ] and parkway.