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Hace 5 horas · Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and pilot, became the first Indian space tourist. He flew aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. Thotakura was one of six crew members selected for this mission, marking him as the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984. The NS-25 mission took off from Launch Site ...
Hace 16 horas · ABBA (/ ˈ æ b ə / AB-ə, Swedish:; formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names arranged as a palindrome.
Hace 16 horas · The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American business- and economic-focused international daily newspaper based in New York City. The Journal is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.The newspaper is published in broadsheet format and online. The Journal has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8 ...
Hace 16 horas · Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools.In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, it became Carnegie Mellon University through its merger with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research ...
Hace 16 horas · James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century.In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on ...
Hace 16 horas · Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area.It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States ...
Hace 16 horas · With high-lift devices on its wing, the 727 could use shorter runways than most earlier jets (e.g. the 4800-ft runway at Key West International Airport). Later 727 models were stretched to carry more passengers [15] and replaced earlier jet airliners such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 , as well as aging propeller airliners such as the DC-4 , DC-6 , DC-7 , and the Lockheed Constellations ...
