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  • Thumbnail for Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
    The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) was a cancelled plan for a NASA-led exploratory mission designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the...
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    The SS Mount Ida was a cargo ship built in 1938 by William Hamilton & Co. Ltd of Glasgow. Launched in 1938 as Arcscott, she was renamed Mount Ida after...
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  • Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron (NUAS /nuˈæs/) is a unit of the Royal Air Force which provides basic flying training, adventurous training and personal...
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  • USS Catclaw (AN-60/YN-81) was an Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Catclaw served in both the Atlantic...
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  • Amos Parker Pentz (December 11, 1849 – December 11, 1922) was a Canadian shipbuilder from Shelburne, Nova Scotia. He was noted for his fast and innovative...
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  • Thumbnail for Wiener Neustadt Canal
    The Wiener Neustadt Canal was Austria's only shipping canal, originally meant to reach to Trieste. It became operational in 1803 and ceased to be used...
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    The Sant Boi Bridge is the first steel structure in the high-speed railway joining the city of Madrid and Barcelona. The 2,854-foot-long (870 m) bridge...
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