Famous Historical Topics & Events Story Briefs

When technicians are checking whether the O-rings are properly seated, on the space shuttles Solid Rocket Motor, they check for potential leaks.

During the era of shuttle missions, each shuttle launch included two solid rocket boosters (SRB) which helped to fuel the first minutes of flight.

This drawing depicts a solid rocket booster (at the top of the image) and its various segments and joints.

Because English ships could not easily penetrate the Spanish crescent formation, the Brits had to use different tactics to attack the Armada.

This image depicts the position of the British and Spanish fleets at the beginning of the 1588 battle between the two countries after the Spanish Arma...

As Britain's ships are stuck in Plymouth Harbor, awaiting a turn of the tide and wind direction, Spanish ships pass by. They have been ordered, by the...

It is the 29th of July, 1588, and a huge fleet of ships - known as the Spanish Armada - approaches the English Channel. The future of Britain hangs in...

As ships of the Spanish Armada continued to make their way east, in the English Channel, neither side had harmed the other.  Although two Spanish...

For two centuries, a set of hanging tapestries depicting scenes from Britain’s 1588 battles with Spain’s great Armada were displayed in We...

The ruins of the running track, the stadion, are very close to the center of the town of Olympia.

Colorized image of a drawing of Spencer Roane, Esq. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson on key political topics.

Photograph of Spirit Lake, located near Mt. Saint Helens in Washington State, before the volcano's violent eruption on May 18, 1980.