Tuesday, 16 December 2008

12-17-1903


on this date of december seventeenth nineteen o' three something amazing happened. the first airplane flew. the wright brothers made this plane fly. the first flights flew for 12 seconds and had a distance of 120 feet.

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

The Chunnel


also known by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a 50.5 km undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m deep.It has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although Japan's Seikan Tunnel is longer overall at 53.85 km (33.5 mi) and reaches a depth of 240 m .

Monday, 1 December 2008

the space shuttle

The space shuttle was suppose to land in Florida but due to bad weather they landed in California. The Space shuttle, Endevour went on day mission to fix the International Space Station.