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January 31, 1958 - United States
The United States entered the space age by launching the first successful orbiting satellite, Explorer-I, four months after the Soviet launch of Sputnik on 4 Oct 1957. Explorer-I measured cosmic radiation, and led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. Its instrumentation included temperature sensors, a micrometeorite impact microphone, and a ring of micrometeorite erosion gauges. Data from these instruments were returned by a 60-mW transmitter operating on 108.03 MHz and a 10-milliwatt transmitter operating on 108.00 MHz. Explorer-I was 80-inch long, 6-in diam, weighed 31-lb with 18-lb of payload and was delivered into orbit using a Jupiter-C rocket. The orbit had a period of 114.9 minutes.
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January 31, 1961 - U.S. launched a 4-year-old male chimpanzee
The U.S. launched a 4-year-old male chimpanzee named Ham on a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket into suborbital flight to test the capabilities of the Mercury capsule. During his 16.5 minute suborbital flight, Ham experienced about 7 minutes of weightlessness, reached an altitude of 108 miles and a speed of 13,000 mph. He was wired to medical sensors to monitor his vital signs. During flight, Ham performed some simple tasks such as pulling levers when a light came on for a reward of banana pellets. Ham was recovered safely 1,425 miles downrange. This was a test flight before risking the lives of human beings. Now, after Ham's successful flight, NASA was ready to launch the first Mercury astronaut, Alan Shepard, into sub-orbital flight three months later.
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Has grown into the largest supplier of live entertainment for weddings, corporate events and private parties in the UK. With over 90,000 previous customers and an artist roster of over 1750 bands, ...
Is part of the legendary recording duo "Zager & Evans" who wrote “In The Year 2525,†the #1 song of 1969 and the biggest one-hit wonder of any artist at any time in recording history se...
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Details of harpist who is available to perform at weddings and corporate events throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and other areas of the West Country. She is one of very few harpists in south we...
Myroslav, Nataliya and Orest Putsentelas - we create violins, violas and cellos. Each of our instruments is made entirely by hand, adhering to the ideas and technical methods of early Italian masters.
Bob Ash, professional highland bag pipe player performs at all types of event in London & the south of England, but specializes in weddings, especially in Surrey where he is based. A selection of u...
Personal profile of a Cheshire based harpist who performs on the harp at weddings and private events throughout the north west of England. Site includes a biography, photographs, a sample repertoir...
Is a Record, a Promotion and a Management company that focuses on events. Staying true to our motto, we work with and distribute all genres of music with our 60 artists and over 800 releases on all...
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London Soul are a leading function band providing world class experience as your wedding band or party band. London Soul has over a decade of experience and has performed at thousands of events thr...
Kids music, kids video, kids songs, video games, children's music and much more all available at Silly Bus, an educational media company established in 2004 to help children feel confident, success...
Cool guitar riffs are always melodious and good to hear, no matter how distorted the music is. Great guitarists have emerged so far, the riffs played by them are still liked by people.
Today, African music has become a revolution globally. However, the many music cultures of Africa can be broadly divided into North African and Sub-Saharan. The traditional music is however, the choice of dominant population in South Sahara.
References to the guitar more or less in its modern form date back to the 14th century. In its infancy it had four courses of double strings and a rounded body like a gourd or a pumpkin. Its mother would not recognize it today!
The article concentrates upon digital music downloads, in particular online music download options, including the cost, the listening rights, audio format and quality of downloads.
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Carvers for Conservation was started to introduce the people conserving the habitat of migratory birds to the premier bird sculptors in the world. My intention was to be mutually beneficial to the ...
Friendship poems happen to be just the best medium of expressing eternal friendship to that special friend. You can let all the love and affection you possess flow out, right onto the paper lying in front of you, through a sweet little friendship.
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