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The brothers were ambivalent about how much to tell the world of their breakthrough achievement, but after eating lunch, they walked four miles to the Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, weather station and sent this telegram to their father, instructing him to "inform press." The message went from this station to Norfolk, Virginia, where it was relayed to Western Union for transmittal to Dayton, Ohio. In transmission the fifty-nine seconds became fifty-seven, and Orville Wright's first name was spelled "Orevelle."

Mission: To enhance and enrich naval and maritime knowledge-based heritage by preserving, acquiring, and providing access to pertinent books, manuscripts, and other print and non-print materials for the benefit of the Navy and the nation. To increase and foster that heritage by providing access to information using both traditional and non-traditional formats and sources.
Library History: Celebrating its 200th birthday in March 2000, the Navy Department Library is home to the most comprehensive collection of literature relating to the United States Navy. The Library traces its roots to a 31 March 1800 letter from

The National Map is a consistent framework for geographic knowledge needed by the Nation. It provides public access to high-quality, geospatial data and information from multiple partners to help inform decisionmaking by resource managers and the public. The National Map enhances America's ability to access, integrate, and apply geospatial data at global, national, and local scales.

NUCMC, or the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress. Check out the resources below to find out more about our program, about archives and manuscript repositories, and about topics of interest to archivists and their institutions' patrons.

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This compilation provides sources useful in examining the history of household technology primarily in the United States during the last half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."

We list here many important events in the history of astronomy, particularly high-energy astronomy (X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy and cosmic-ray astronomy), with particular emphasis on events concerning space-based observatories with X-ray and gamma-ray detectors on board which observed cosmic (i.e., non-solar) sources. (Some of the major events in planetary exploration missions are listed, but for a comprehensive chronology, see the NSSDC Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration). A graphical version of the dates of operation of high-energy astrophysics missions is also available, as is a review paper on X-ray astronomy missions up to the early 1990s.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics and related disciplines.

The Bradbury Science Museum's primary mission is (1) to interpret Laboratory research, activities, and history to official visitors, the general public, and Laboratory employees; (2) to promote greater public understanding of the Laboratory's role in national security programs; (3) to assist the taxpaying public in making informed judgments in these matters; and (4) to contribute to visitors' knowledge of science and technology and to improve the quality of math and science education in northern New Mexico.

In the following table, NEA = near-Earth asteroid, PHA = Potentially
Hazardous Asteroid, MBA = main-belt asteroid, BIN = binary, and
XXX-N identifies the Nth radar-detected XXX.