Mega exhibit: Mastodon at Brevard museum
Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science in Cocoa unveiled its articulated Mastodon in August. The Mastodon joins the ground sloth and sabertooth cat. Video by Jennifer Sangalang, FLORIDA TODAY
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We head over to the Space Coast where we check out historic downtown Titusville and the American Space Museum and Walk of Fame.
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Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 1 - The Civil War in Florida
Florida’s involvement in the Civil War includes the Battle of Olustee and the sinking of the Maple Leaf.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 5 - Florida Nature Meets Florida Culture
We visit Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Bok Tower Gardens, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.
Florida Frontiers Television - Episode 11 - Luna Settlement Excavation
The Luna Settlement Excavation. Archaeologists have discovered the site of Don Tristan de Luna's ill-fated 1559 settlement in Pensacola.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 8 - Tarpon Springs Epiphany
Hundreds of Greeks sponge divers and their families moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1905. Today, there are more Greek people per capita in Tarpon Springs than in any other American city. Episode 8 of Florida Frontiers TV explores the history of Greek culture and the annual Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 9 - Fort Mose
Established near St. Augustine in 1738, Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was the first community of former slaves.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 7 - The Barber-Mizell Family Feud
On February 21, 1870, Sheriff David Mizell, his son Will, and brother Morgan went onto the property of Moses Barber to serve an arrest warrant. Tensions between the Barbers and Mizells had been growing for years, and the Sheriff had been warned that if he set foot on Barber land he would be killed. When the group stopped at Bull Creek, a shot was fired from behind some bushes. Sheriff Mizell was killed, becoming the first casualty of the Barber-Mizell Family Feud. The feud of 1870 demonstrates how Florida was every bit as wild as the Wild West.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 10 - Stetson Kennedy
Stetson Kennedy was an American author, civil rights activist, and pioneering oral historian and folklorist.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 13 - Flagler County
Flagler County was established in 1917, but has historic sites from much earlier, including Mala Compra and the Bulow Plantation.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 2 - Everyday People Making History
Everyday people make history happen including author Stetson Kennedy and Civil Rights activist Barbara Vickers.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 16 - Pre-Columbian Contact
People from as far away as the American Midwest visited Florida long before Europeans arrived. The ancient Maya may have come here, too.
Toddler finds mammoth tooth while tossing pebbles behind Palm Bay home
Toddler finds mammoth tooth while tossing pebbles behind Palm Bay home
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Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 12 - Florida Folk Festival
Held annually in White Springs along the Suwannee River at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, the Florida Folk Festival is a three-day celebration of folk songs, music, dances, legends, crafts and other forms of traditional expression which reflect the folk life of Florida.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 6 - The Lost Years of Zora Neale Hurston
Florida writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was one of the most celebrated figures of the Harlem Renaissance, but died in obscurity.
Space Shuttle Challenger launch decision | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:56 1 O-ring concerns
00:08:01 2 Pre-launch conditions
00:08:11 2.1 Delays
00:09:43 2.2 Thiokol–NASA conference call
00:13:50 2.3 Ice
00:16:24 3 January 28 launch and failure
00:16:35 3.1 Liftoff and initial ascent
00:21:30 3.2 Plume
00:23:30 3.3 Vehicle breakup
00:27:20 3.4 Post-breakup flight controller dialogue
00:29:52 3.5 Cause and time of death
00:34:46 3.6 Prospect of crew escape
00:36:34 4 Aftermath
00:36:43 4.1 Tributes
00:38:41 4.2 Recovery of debris and crew
00:49:04 4.3 Funeral ceremonies
00:50:06 4.4 Concurrent NASA crises
00:52:18 5 Investigation
00:53:20 5.1 Rogers Commission
00:55:42 5.1.1 Richard Feynman
00:57:32 5.2 U.S. House Committee hearings
00:58:32 6 NASA and Air Force response
01:02:57 6.1 Media coverage
01:06:15 6.2 Use as case study
01:10:46 6.3 Continuation of the Shuttle program
01:12:32 6.4 Other civilian passenger plans
01:14:08 7 Legacy
01:26:27 8 Media
01:26:35 8.1 Video documentation
01:28:13 8.2 Film
01:28:55 8.3 Other media
01:29:31 9 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Speaking Rate: 0.9069499588332823
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-99) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts, one payload specialist and a civilian school teacher. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). The disintegration of the vehicle began after a joint in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The failure was caused by the failure of O-ring seals used in the joint that were not designed to handle the unusually cold conditions that existed at this launch. The seals' failure caused a breach in the SRB joint, allowing pressurized burning gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB aft field joint attachment hardware and external fuel tank. This led to the separation of the right-hand SRB's aft field joint attachment and the structural failure of the external tank. Aerodynamic forces broke up the orbiter.
The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered from the ocean floor after a lengthy search and recovery operation. The exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown; several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. The shuttle had no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable.The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the shuttle program and the formation of the Rogers Commission, a special commission appointed by United States President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The Rogers Commission found NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors to the accident, with the agency violating its own safety rules. NASA managers had known since 1977 that contractor Morton-Thiokol's design of the SRBs contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings, but they had failed to address this problem properly. NASA managers also disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching posed by the low temperatures of that morning, and failed to adequately report these technical concerns to their superiors.
Approximately 17 percent of Americans witnessed the launch live because of the presence of high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. Media coverage of the accident was extensive: one study reported that 85 percent of Americans surveyed had heard the news within an hour of the accident. The Challenger disaster has been used as a case ...
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Kennedy Space Center | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Kennedy Space Center
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center) is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The management of the two entities work very closely together, share resources, and even own facilities on each other's property.
Though the first Apollo flights, and all Project Mercury and Project Gemini flights took off from CCAFS, the launches were managed by KSC and its previous organization, the Launch Operations Directorate. Starting with the fourth Gemini mission, the NASA launch control center in Florida (Mercury Control Center, later the Launch Control Center) began handing off control of the vehicle to the Mission Control Center shortly after liftoff; in prior missions it held control throughout the entire mission.Additionally, the center manages launch of robotic and commercial crew missions and researches food production and In-Situ Resource Utilization for off-Earth exploration. Since 2010, the center has worked to become a multi-user spaceport through industry partnerships, even adding a new launch pad (LC-39C) in 2015.
There are about 700 facilities and buildings grouped across the center's 144,000 acres. Among the unique facilities at KSC are the 525 ft tall Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking NASA's largest rockets, the Launch Control Center - which conducts space launches at KSC, the Operations and Checkout Building, which houses the astronauts dormitories and suit-up area, a Space Station factory, and a 3-mile-long Shuttle Landing Facility. There is also a Visitor Complex open to the public on site.
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:47 1 O-ring concerns
00:07:39 2 Pre-launch conditions
00:07:48 2.1 Delays
00:09:16 2.2 Thiokol–NASA conference call
00:13:06 2.3 Ice
00:15:33 3 January 28 launch and failure
00:15:44 3.1 Liftoff and initial ascent
00:20:25 3.2 Plume
00:22:19 3.3 Vehicle breakup
00:25:57 3.4 Post-breakup flight controller dialogue
00:28:21 3.5 Cause and time of death
00:32:59 3.6 Prospect of crew escape
00:34:43 4 Aftermath
00:34:51 4.1 Tributes
00:36:31 4.2 Recovery of debris and crew
00:46:22 4.3 Funeral ceremonies
00:47:22 4.4 Concurrent NASA crises
00:49:23 5 Investigation
00:50:22 5.1 Rogers Commission
00:52:39 5.1.1 Richard Feynman
00:54:24 5.2 U.S. House Committee hearings
00:55:21 6 NASA and Air Force response
00:59:28 6.1 Media coverage
01:02:36 6.2 Use as case study
01:06:51 6.3 Continuation of the Shuttle Program
01:08:32 7 Legacy
01:19:20 8 Video documentation
01:21:00 9 Film
01:21:40 10 Other media
01:22:16 11 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-99) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 EST (16:39 UTC). The disintegration of the vehicle began after a joint in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The failure was caused by the failure of O-ring seals used in the joint that were not designed to handle the unusually cold conditions that existed at this launch. The seals' failure caused a breach in the SRB joint, allowing pressurized burning gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB aft field joint attachment hardware and external fuel tank. This led to the separation of the right-hand SRB's aft field joint attachment and the structural failure of the external tank. Aerodynamic forces broke up the orbiter.
The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered from the ocean floor after a lengthy search and recovery operation. The exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown; several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. The shuttle had no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable.The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the shuttle program and the formation of the Rogers Commission, a special commission appointed by United States President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The Rogers Commission found NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors to the accident, with the agency violating its own safety rules. NASA managers had known since 1977 that contractor Morton-Thiokol's design of the SRBs contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings, but they had failed to address this problem properly. NASA managers also disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching posed by the low temperatures of that morning, and failed to adequately report these technical concerns to their superiors.
Approximately 17 percent of Americans witnessed the launch live because of the presence of Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. Media coverage of the accident was extensive: one study reported that 85 percent of Americans surveyed had heard the news within an hour of the accident. The Challenger disaster has been used as a case study in many discussions of engineering safety and workplace ethics.