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History takes a closer look at one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Find out what you have always wanted to know about Albert Einstein.
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Doug Owsley and his forensics team look for a mitochondrial DNA match to a body found at a construction site in Washington D.C. In this video clip from Save Our History: Written In Bone the body, a 15 year old Caucasian boy, could be William White.
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The Apollo 11 Plaque
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Frank Drake and the Founding of SETI
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First Transatlantic Flight by Autopilot
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In 1947, after an experimental U.S. Air Force aircraft equipped with an electronic autopilot landed in northern England, the aircraft's crew delivers a report on the success of the new "push-button flying."
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Thomas Edison on the Development of Electricity
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In a speech recorded on an Edison Gold Moulded cylinder for the opening of the New York Electric Show on October 3, 1908, Thomas Edison reflects on the technological advances of the era.
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First American Woman in Space
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space when the shuttle Challenger takes off on June 18, 1983. The historical moment is noted in communication just after liftoff.
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First Space Shuttle Launched
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On April 12, 1981, NASA launched the world's first reusable manned spacecraft. In the minutes before takeoff, Kennedy Space Center launch control communicates with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen as they prepare to take Columbia on its first test flight into space and back.
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Monkeys Travel to Space
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On May 28, 1959, in an experiment that would lead the way to manned space flight, the United States launched two monkeys to an altitude of 300 miles. A Voice of America news report details the travels of the two primates who survived the space flight and were the first in history to return safely to Earth.
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Salk's Polio Vaccine Becomes Obsolete
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In a report from the Voice of America at the 1959 International Scientific Congress at Georgetown University, Dr. Albert Sabin discusses the live poliovirus vaccine he developed and compares it to the inactivated, or “killed,” vaccine first developed by Dr. Jonas Salk seven years earlier.
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Viking 1 Lands on Mars
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On July 20, 1976, NASA's Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to send back detailed pictures from the surface of Mars. A NASA control room recording captures the excitement of the moment.
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Radio Astronomy Points to Extraterrestrial Life
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In a 1960 broadcast, a Voice of America reporter interviews Dr. Campbell Wade of the National Radio Astronomical Observatory about his discoveries analyzing radio waves to see 1 billion light years into space and about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Study Shows Hope for Combating Viruses
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A 1965 weekly Voice of America science report discusses a new study on interferon, a natural substance produced in the body that defends cells against viruses. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are experimenting with ways to trigger the production of interferon in order to treat and prevent disease.
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Voyager Spacecraft 30 Years Later
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As the twin Voyager spacecraft prepare to embark on an extended mission to explore interstellar space in 2006, project scientist Ed Stone of California Institute of Technology recaps the major discoveries the Voyagers have made since their launch in 1977.
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