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Vela is a constellation in the southern sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster.Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis.
USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy.She was built at the Gosport Shipyard between 1853 and 1855. She was named for the earlier frigate of the same name that had been broken up in 1853.
Qianfan (Chinese: 千帆星座; pinyin: Qiānfān xīngzuò; lit. 'Thousand Sails Constellation'), [1] officially known as the Spacesail Constellation [2] and also referred to as G60 Starlink, [3] is a planned Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage.
USS Constellation (CVA-64/CV-64) was a ... [17] When Constellation set sail for Vietnam in late 1971, nine of her crew publicly refused to go and took sanctuary in a ...
USS Constellation was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy.. The ship was built under the direction of David Stodder at The Joseph and Samuel Sterett shipyard on Harris Creek in Baltimore's Fell's Point maritime community, and was launched on 7 September 1797.
Constellation is an American 12-metre class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1964 America's Cup. On 20 September 1964, Constellation completed a 4–0 victory over Sovereign in the 1964 America's Cup.
The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
When the Constellation set sail for Vietnam in on October 1, 1971, nine of its crew publicly refused to go and took sanctuary in a local Catholic church, Christ the King. The "Connie 9", as they were quickly dubbed, were soon arrested in an early morning raid by U.S. Marshals and flown back to the ship, but within weeks were honorably ...