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In 1961, NASA realized that the Indian Ocean region was a black hole of data relating to the wind structure of the upper atmosphere which was badly needed for NASA's satellite/Apollo programs. NASA offered all countries on the littoral of the Indian Ocean help to establish rocket ranges in order to obtain such data on condition of fully sharing ...
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
On 21 December 2011, the Maya town of Tapachula in Chiapas activated an eight-foot digital clock counting down the days until the end of bʼakʼtun 13. [167] On 21 December 2012, major events took place at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in Guatemala. [5] [6] [7] In El Salvador, the largest event was held at Tazumal, and in Honduras, at Copán.
A total of 77 orbital launches were attempted in 2012, with 72 being reported as successful, and a total of 139 payloads launched. [1] The three most prolific spacefaring nations were Russia, with 29 launches and 27 successes; China, with 19 launches, all of which succeeded; and the United States, with 13 launches, of which 12 succeeded and one was a partial failure. [1]
The incumbent president won the 2012 presidential election against #15. Obama won his reelection bid by a margin of 51.06 to 47.21%. This was the first time since 1944, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election, that a Democratic president had won by a majority of the electoral votes and over 51% of the popular vote twice.
Pettit again launched to the International Space Station on December 21, 2011, as part of the Expedition 30/31 crew. [13] He and fellow crew members Oleg Kononenko and André Kuipers arrived at the ISS on December 23. [14] Among his off-duty video demonstrations on the space station has been on water as thin film and the Marangoni convection. [15]
In 2012, a test area at MSFC was developed and the Mighty Eagle tested "Autonomous Rendezvous and Capture" technology. In 2013, enhancements were made including legs that are lighter by about 6.8 kg (15 lbs), a 3D stereo camera that allows the detection and avoidance of 3D (three dimensional) objects and an onboard image processor in ...
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on 21 December 2012. This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae have been proposed as pertaining ...