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Did You Know?
The International Space Station is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. You can see it with the naked eye or a pair of binoculars as a point of light moving past the stars.
On March 11, 2001, two astronauts, Colonel James S. Voss and Colonel Susan J. Helms, spent 8 hours and 56 minutes putting equipment into the International Space Station—the longest space walk in the history of the shuttle program.
The eight-day vacation of "space tourist" Dennis A. Tito, the world's first ordinary citizen in orbit, ended on May 6, 2001, when the Russian space capsule Soyez touched down in Kazakhstan.
The California man paid a reported $20 million for the visit to the International Space Station.
The moon has no atmosphere. This means it has no wind or weather, so everything on its surface stays the same. The footprints and American flag left by astronauts in 1969 are still there!
About 50,000 years ago a huge meteorite crash-landed in Arizona. It left a crater 575 feet deep and 4,150 feet wide. Named the Barrington Meteor Crater, it has been used as a training ground for Apollo astronauts.
One light-year is the distance light travels in one year - about 5.9 trillion miles.
POPULATION
City, Country Population City, Country Population
Tokyo, Japan 26,444,000 Lagos, Nigeria 13,427,000
Mexico City, Mexico 18,131,000 Los Angeles, U.S. 13,140,000
Mumbai (Bombay), India 18,066,000 Kolkata (Calcutta), India 12,918,000
São Paulo, Brazil 17,755,000 Shanghai, China 12,887,000
New York City, U.S. 16,640,000 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12,560,000
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Largest Cities (Most People)
Here are the ten cities in the world that have the most people, as of 2000. Numbers include people from the whole built-up area around each city (the metropolitan area).
City, Country Population City, Country Population
Tokyo, Japan 26,444,000 Lagos, Nigeria 13,427,000
Mexico City, Mexico 18,131,000 Los Angeles, U.S. 13,140,000
Mumbai (Bombay), India 18,066,000 Kolkata (Calcutta), India 12,918,000
São Paulo, Brazil 17,755,000 Shanghai, China 12,887,000
New York City, U.S. 16,640,000 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12,560,000
Largest Countries (Most People, 2002)
Population Country Population Country
1,284,304,000 China 81,098,000 Vietnam
1,045,845,000 India 70,712,000 Egypt
287,041,000 United States 67,673,000 Ethiopia
232,073,000 Indonesia 67,309,000 Turkey
176,030,000 Brazil 66,623,000 Iran
147,663,000 Pakistan 65,354,000 Thailand
144,979,000 Russia 59,778,000 Great Britain
133,377,000 Bangladesh 59,766,000 France
129,935,000 Nigeria 57,716,000 Italy
126,975,000 Japan 55,225,000 Congo Republic
103,400,000 Mexico 48,396,000 Ukraine
84,526,000 Philippines 48,324,000 South Korea
83,252,000 Germany
Computer giant Microsoft has said it will shut its chatrooms after fears over child safety.
Justice Department Launches Investigation into White House Leak
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that it would launch a formal investigation into claims that White House officials leaked the name of a CIA agent to newspapers in order to punish her husband, a former U.S. ambassador, for speaking out against the Iraq War.
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