… INVOLVED IN KEEPING AN AEROPLANE LEVEL DURING FLIGHT] For centuries it has been mans dream to fly. Only in the last hundred years or so has this dream actually been realised. We are now able to fly using several different means. For example,…

… going on. England was going through the Glorious Revolution and was in a state of turmoil. It was at this time when Sir Isaac Newton was born at Lincolnshire, England. He was by no means a normal person. In fact, he is now considered one of history's…

… on April 26, 1986, was the biggest nuclear accident in nuclear history. It caused thousands of deaths through radiation and the sickness induced by it. Thirty three of those deaths were almost immediate, and the rest followed in the years after. …

… November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students' revolutionary organization and found it prudent to leave…

… scientists of all time. He is best known for his discovery of the law of universal gravitation and the laws of motion. Much of modern science is based on the understanding and use of his laws. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in the small…

… Corps has a long history with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958. John H. Glenn was the first Marine assigned to NASA's astronaut program in 1959. Since that time, there have continually been…

… jewel of the sky. It was thought to be two different planets by ancient astronomers and thus referred to as the morning star and the evening star. Early astronomers also referred to Venus as Earth's sister planet. Both are considered young planets…

… know everyone, but you may not. If you think your smart, think again. Albert Einstein was on eof the world's smartest mindes ever! Now, I think I'm pretty smart but when it comes to Einstein, he has more brains in his head than in two people combined.…

… Keeping in mind that you can't believe everything you see in print; there are differing views as to whether life on Mars ever existed and whether we can ever make the planet inhabitable again. There is also disagreement in how long it will take for…

… It is twice as large as all the other planets combined. It has 28 known satellites. The earliest discovered moons date back to 1610 and were discovered by Galileo. This is of interest because a future mission to Jupiter is named after this astronomer.…