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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 September 2024. Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit (1998–present) "ISS" redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station (ISS) Oblique underside view in November 2021 International Space Station programme insignia (left) and emblem (right) with flags of ...
It was November 9, 1975 that Edmund Fitzgerald was downbound to Detroit with a load of taconite. Arthur M. Anderson joined her on Lake Superior and was downbound for Gary, Indiana . As they were crossing Lake Superior the winter storm blew in. Winds were reported in excess of 50 kn (58 mph; 93 km/h) with waves running up to 35 feet (11 m).
March 7. Virginia, [149] Kansas, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. [150] announces its first cases. A new death is reported for March 7 in Washington. This brings the total confirmed U.S. deaths due to coronavirus to 19, 16 in Washington, 1 in California, and 2 in Florida.
In December 2018, a new modding toolchain and mod loader called Fabric was released. [27] In April 2022, a fork of Fabric, known as Quilt, was released. The Quilt loader is intended to be compatible with mods created for Fabric. [28]
The combining of shot and powder into a single unit, a cartridge, occurred in the 1620s with a simple fabric bag, and was quickly adopted by all nations. It speeded loading and made it safer, but unexpelled bag fragments were an additional fouling in the gun barrel and a new tool—a worm —was introduced to remove them.
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
A "Brown Bess" muzzle-loading musket, used by the British Army from 1722 to 1838. A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel). This is distinct from the modern designs of breech-loading firearms, in which user ...
2005: Case made its 500,000th backhoe loader and in 2010 made its 250,000th skid steer loader. [8] [3] 2016: Case released the new G-Series wheel loader lineup consisting of seven new models from 521G thru 1121G. [9] 2017: In its 175th year in business, Case announced its facility in Wichita produced its 300,000th skid-steer loader. [10]