The name Rēgistan means “sandy place” or “desert” in Persian. The Registan was a public
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Chor Minor – The historic gatehouse in Bukhara
The structure was built by Khalif Niyaz-kul, a wealthy Bukharan of Turkmen origin in the
John F. Kennedy Space Center – The Launch Operations Center of NASA in Titusville
One of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Located on the east (more…)
Stargazer – The first successful space telescope in Earth orbit
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2, launched on December 7, 1968. An Atlas-Centaur rocket (more…)
Apollo 1 – Τhe site of a mission that never flew to Cape Canaveral
The first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, the undertaking to land (more…)