America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
This video was the only video recovered after Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
Following the loss of Columbia, NASA's investigation team recreates what must have happened.
Unknown to President Kennedy, or any of his advisors, four Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines (of the Sixty-ninth Submarine Brigade) have left their base...
Returning from a trip to Chicago, stating that he had a cold, the President discussed options and next steps with his advisors.
President Kennedy briefs General Eisenhower, the former American president, on the deal he made with Khruschev to end the Cuban missile crisis.
Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr.
Major Richard Heyser flew a U-2 mission over Cuba during October of 1962.
On the 24th of July, 1974, the United States Supreme Court issued an order that President Richard Nixon had to surrender all White House tape recordin...
Anna Jackson was at her husband's bedside when the General died.
On the night of April 20, 2010, gas from a newly located oil find escaped from the wellhead (located at Mississippi Canyon 252), traveled up through t...
Eleven people died as a result of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and seventeen more were injured.
On April 21, 2010 - the day after the explosion - Deepwater Horizon was still burning.
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