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23 hours ago · On February 10, 1993, the National Aeronautic Association selected the GPS Team as winners of the 1992 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the US's most prestigious aviation award. This team combines researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory, the USAF, the Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International Corporation, and IBM Federal Systems Company ...
- United States
- Military, civilian
- Operational
- US Space Force
Apr 20, 2024 · RIYADH: The Saudi Fund for Development signed a $50 million loan agreement with St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday to assist communities affected by natural disasters, Saudi Press Agency reported. The deal was signed by SFD CEO Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and Camillo Gonsalves, finance minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, during the 2024 spring meetings of the World...
14 hours ago · Bengaluru: The Indian Institute of Science has announced the launch of the 'Longevity India Initiative', a project focused on efforts to extend human 'healthspan' and tackle ageing-related challenges.
23 hours ago · A Canadian Forces AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter hoists a man from a Canadian Coast Guard ship A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
23 hours ago · A re-analysis of data published in 2021 put the yield at 24.8 ± 2 kilotons of TNT (103.8 ± 8.4 TJ). As a result of the data gathered on the size of the blast, the detonation height for the bombing of Hiroshima was set at 1,885 feet (575 m) to take advantage of the mach stem blast reinforcing effect.
- July 16, 1945, (78 years ago)
- United States
- 50%
- Trinity Site, New Mexico
23 hours ago · The main classical ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the gods to sages, and then to human physicians. Printed editions of the Sushruta Samhita ( Sushruta's Compendium ), frame the work as the teachings of Dhanvantari , Hindu god of ayurveda, incarnated as King Divodāsa of Varanasi, to a group of ...
23 hours ago · The usual English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is simply Moon, with a capital M. The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all its Germanic cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis "month" (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb "measure" (of time).
