USS Gerald R. Ford

USS Gerald R. Ford

USS Gerald R. Ford is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theatre.

Russian Space Agency

Russian Space Agency

The Russian Space Agency was created as an independent authority of executive power on 30 September 1992. Until recently the agency was headed by Yury N. Koptev.

Cancellation of Project Air 7003

Cancellation of Project Air 7003

From David R. Alexander, President of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI): The Australian Department of Defence has advised of its decision to cancel Project Air 7003, after nearly a decade of efforts toward that acquisition program.

Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal

Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal

Engineers will conduct the final test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and Exploration Ground Systems before the Artemis I launch at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Mythical gods, ancient relics, sparkling seas, sun -filled beaches

Mythical gods, ancient relics, sparkling seas, sun -filled beaches

However, Greece has so much more. Situated in south-eastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is referred to as the cradle of Western civilization. There are few people who are unaware of the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of which the most famous is the Parthenon.

Switzerland

Switzerland

Think of Heidi and Peter, yodelling, divine chocolate and precision watches – this sounds so mundane but this small country in the heart of Europe is so much more. A land of towering mountains, medieval quarters, and numerous lakes, Switzerland not only consists of picture book scenery, it also steeped in culture.

“A rose by any other name….”

“A rose by any other name….”

“We are Siamese if you please, we are Siamese if you don’t please” hence the quote since it was some years later that the South-east Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand, a jewel in the centre of the Indochina Peninsula, stretching down to the Gulf of Thailand and border by Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.