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Will Yasmin be the first Iranian woman to go to space?

  Jasmin Moghbeli (born June 24, 1983) is an American U.S. Marine Corps test pilot and NASA astronaut. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval Test Pilot School. As of 2019, she has accumulated over 2,000 hours of flight time and flown in 150 combat missions, including sorties in Afghanistan.

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Why Are Ships Referred To As She?

  If you’ve ever heard somebody talking about a ship you may have noticed that ships are almost always referred to with female pronouns. This is even true if the ship has a male name. Referring to ships as she or she has been a tradition for centuries.

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The Empress Of Iran, Farah Pahlavi’s Crown

  The story of The Empress Of Iran, Farah Pahlavi’s Crown is the story of a life devoted to love and service. The love of a man for his wife and the devotion to each other and to an entire nation. This story and the inspiration we can all take from it is celebrated in two of our most popular ...

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The most known images of time travelers from throughout history

  This photograph shows a scene from downtown Reykjavík in 1943. In the heart of wartime, soldiers and sailors can be seen everywhere in the streets among civilians. The man circled though, appears to be on a mobile phone! We’ve really got a theme going with these smartphone using time travelers. Who is he calling? And how? And if he ...

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The Unbroken Seal On King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, After 3300 Year

  This seal was actually a seal to King Tut’s fifth shrine. The king was buried in a series of four sarcophagi, which were in turn kept inside a series of five shrines. This unbroken seal stayed 3,245 years untouched. The late discovery of Tut’s tomb resulted from the fact that it was covered by debris from that of Ramesses ...

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