INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
December 4, 1998 - Space
The first 6 astronauts are taken by Space Shuttle Endeavour to Attach the Unity Module to Zarya FGB to begin the assembly in space of the International Space Station, as of December 4th 2008 24 out of the 32 modules to complete the Space Station are connected.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project between (NASA) U.S.A., (RKA) Russia , (JAXA)Japan , (CSA) Canada and eleven European countries (ESA). The space station is in low orbit and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Since 2nd November 2000 the Space Station has been manned continually. The International Space Station came about after the cold war ended with an "Agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes". Below is a video from NASA giving an idea of how you assemble a space station 220 miles above the Earth's surface while moving at 17,500 mph?
DINOSAUR EGGS SELL FOR $420,000
December 4, 2006 - United States
A 65 million-year-old nest of dinosaur eggs has been auctioned to an unnamed buyer in Los Angeles for $420,000. The nest contains twenty-two broken eggs, nineteen of which are in embryonic form, with some of the raptors clearly visible. The nest had been discovered in Guangdong, China in 1984, and the buyer has not been named.
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