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Expedition 3 was the third expedition to the International Space Station. Commander Frank L. Culbertson Jr. was the only American crew member, and as such the only American not on Earth during the 9/11 attacks , which the crew photographed and videoed from the ISS.
The Columbia boat was a type of inland boat, similar to the York Boat, used to carry furs, trade goods, supplies, and passengers along the Columbia River during the fur trade era, c. 1811–1845. It needed to be large enough to carry substantial cargo, light enough to portage around such obstacles as falls and rapids, and made of locally ...
Explorer 3 Tape Recorder. The objective of this spacecraft was a continuation of experiments started with Explorer 1. The payload consisted of a micrometeorite detector (a wire grid array and acoustic detector) and the same cosmic ray counter (a Geiger-Müller tube) experiment included on Explorer 1, but this time with an on-board tape recorder to provide a complete radiation history for each ...
While a paddle steamer technically means a paddle-propelled boat or ship powered by a steam engine, this list also currently includes paddle boats that began as paddle steamers but whose powerplant was later changed to a different type of engine, as well as paddle boats that have never had a steam engine as a powerplant but which emulate the ...
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Forget those sculpted, pretender mini-explorers. With its ice-class hull and 5,100-mile range, 'Grey Wolf' has already done two world tours.
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USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats, 1956 (also appears in original novel) Benthic Explorer – offshore support ship, The Abyss, 1989; HMS Berkeley – in Up the Creek, 1958; Black Hawk – The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958; Black Pearl – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003