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The project, sometimes called "Phase One", was intended to allow the United States to learn from Russian experience with long-duration spaceflight and to foster a spirit of cooperation between the two nations and their space agencies, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos). The project helped to prepare the way for further cooperative space ventures; specifically, "Phase Two" of the joint project, the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). The program was announced in 1993, the first mission started in 1994 and the project continued until its scheduled completion in 1998. Eleven Space Shuttle missions, a joint Soyuz flight and almost 1000 cumulative days in space for American astronauts occurred over the course of seven long-duration expeditions.
During the four-year program, many firsts in spaceflight were achieved by the two nations, including the first American astronaut to launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, the largest spacecraft ever to have been assembled at that time in history, and the first American spacewalk using a Russian Orlan spacesuit.
The program was marred by various concerns, notably the safety of Mir following a fire and a collision, financial issues with the cash-strapped Russian Space Program and worries from astronauts about the attitudes of the program administrators. Nevertheless, a large amount of science, expertise in space station construction and knowledge in working in a cooperative space venture was gained from the combined operations, allowing the construction of the ISS to proceed much more smoothly than would have otherwise been the case.
Did you know?
- ... that the two largest Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir trees in the United States survived the B&B Complex Fires (pictured) that burned 90,769 acres (367.33 km2) of forest in the Cascade Range of Oregon?
- ... that in 1929 the Hudson Motor Car Company ranked third in total U.S. production by targeting budget minded buyers, but introduced the Greater Eight, a premium line of cars, at the height of the Depression?
- ... that Ben Cooper, Inc., the "Halston of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million Halloween costumes in the United States in 1990?
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Raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married future president Bill Clinton in 1975; the two had met at Yale. In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first female partner at Little Rock's Rose Law Firm the following year. Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992.
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Anniversaries for March 18
- 1837 – Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, is born.
- 1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo.
- 1865 – The Congress of the Confederate States of America, government of the South during the American Civil War, adjourns for the last time.
- 1959 – American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
- 1968 – The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency, ending the practice of the Gold standard.
- 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Italian-American cuisine is a style of Italian cuisine adapted throughout the United States. Italian-American food has been shaped throughout history by various waves of immigrants and their descendants, called Italian Americans. As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide. Read more...
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There have been several major planned road projects that would affect the freeway's corridor, including a plan to extend I-68 to Moundsville, West Virginia (which, due to major funding issues, is unlikely to be completed As of 2010[update]) and the plan to construct the Mon-Fayette Expressway, a toll highway which, when completed, will meet I-68 east of Morgantown.
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In the news
- March 16: US President Trump declares COVID-19 national emergency
- March 15: Native American groups sue US state of Montana over ballot law
- March 15: Bernie Sanders wins 2020 Northern Mariana Islands US Democratic presidential caucus
- March 14: World Health Organization declares COVID-19 pandemic
- March 13: National Basketball Association suspends season due to COVID-19 concerns
- March 11: Joe Biden wins 2020 US Democratic presidential primaries in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi
- March 6: Bloomberg, Warren end US presidential campaigns following Super Tuesday
- March 2: Joe Biden wins 2020 South Carolina US Democratic presidential primary
- February 24: Donald Trump wins 2020 US Republican delegates from Nevada
- February 23: Bernie Sanders wins 2020 Nevada caucuses
- February 21: US President Trump grants eleven people clemency
- February 15: California lawyer Michael Avenatti convicted of attempted extortion
- February 14: 2020 United States presidential election: Trump, Sanders win New Hampshire primaries
- February 10: First foreigners die from coronavirus in Wuhan, China
- January 29: Former basketball player Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash, aged 41
- January 20: Study: people infected by new coronavirus 'likely' hundreds more than confirmed
- January 17: Seismic activity continues to shake Puerto Rico with 5.2 quake
- January 15: U.S. House to decide on submitting articles of impeachment to Senate
- January 13: Iran admits downing Ukrainian jet, cites 'human error'
- January 10: Greek prime minister reaffirms EastMed pipeline project is open for other countries to join
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As of 18 March 2020, there are 1,235 featured and 3,279 good articles within WikiProject United States scope. This makes up 5.49% of the articles on Wikipedia, 13.35% of all featured articles and lists, and 10.65% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 1,052,026 pages in the project.
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• Bette Davis
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• Judy Garland
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• Sharon Tate
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• Anna May Wong;
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• Stephen Crane
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Featured lists: There are over 230 Featured lists in the scope of United States including:
109th United States Congress
• Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Korean War Medal of Honor recipients
• Most populous counties in the United States
• National Parks of the United States
• Tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.
• U.S. state name etymologies
• U.S. states by population
• United States Secretary of Energy
• Volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain
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