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The Potomac Island Where History Took Flight
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Published August 19, 2025
Samuel Pierpont Langley conducted the first successful flight of an unpiloted, engine-driven, heavier-than-air craft from a houseboat near Chopawamsic Island in the Potomac River.
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Browns Canyon National Monument
Published August 13, 2025
The remote and rugged landscape in central Colorado is known for outdoor recreation by day and exceptional stargazing by night.
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Sprawling Gifford Fire Scorches California
Published August 11, 2025
The fast-growing blaze charred more than 100,000 acres in the span of a week.
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Lost Towns of the Quabbin
Forests play a key role in filtering the waters of a reservoir in central Massachusetts that’s home to submerged towns and nesting eagles.
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Advanced U.S.-India Radar Mission Lifts Off
Published July 31, 2025
The NISAR satellite will detect the movement of land and ice surfaces with centimeter precision, aiding in a range of applications from disaster response and infrastructure monitoring to agricultural management.
More Lava Fills Kilauea Crater
Published July 24, 2025
The latest in a string of episodic eruptions produced voluminous fiery flows at the Hawaiian volcano’s summit.
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A BIG Moment for Apollo 11
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Well-wishers in Hawaii welcomed the astronauts on July 26, 1969, after they landed on the Moon, splashed down in the Pacific, and traveled by aircraft carrier to Pearl Harbor.
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