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In 1978 two spacecraft were launched toward Venus in hopes of penetrating the mysteries of the shrouded planet.

Their life was not easy. It required a spirit of determination and dedication to their cause. Learn more about pioneers with this homeschool lesson plan.

There are three daily quests that players are able to get in Pioneers Colony Runes of Magic for tokens.

Although it was an international art movement, Canada is recognised for its major contribution to the art form called Copy Art.

Insights into the pioneers of land transport, their inventions and discoveries - the bicycle, bus, motor car and motorcycle.

In the 1880s pastoralists took ownership of the Victoria River area. Their goal was to make a profit. But the land was not easily owned and profit not so easily made.

Both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution came out of an English tradition of limited representative government mirrored in colonial governments.

Carving out the wilderness and establishing a community meant that early settlers had to be self-sufficient in many ways.

On July 24, 1847, settlers first entered the Salt Lake Valley. The day has been commemorated by LDS people worldwide since.

The Duracks came to Australia from Ireland in 1853 to avoid starving to death. Battling the elements, they settled and brought cattle to parts of remote Outback Australia

Profiles of directors who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to produce ground-breaking motion pictures

Biography of the famous African-American pediatric neurosurgeon who overcame poverty and early disadvantages to become a leading figure in the medical field.

Profiles of Black people who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to become world changers

Profiles of Black actors and actresses who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to make outstanding contributions to Hollywood and beyond

Profiles of Black authors who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to captivate the world with their novels

Profiles of black church founders who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to impact their communities and the world with the word of God.

Profiles of Black models who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to become catwalk queens.

Profiles of Black singers and musicians who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to make outstanding contributions to world music.

Profiles of Black sportsmen and women who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to make outstanding contributions in their field

A brief history of the pioneering thrash metal band Anvil, profiled in Sacha Gervasi's recent documentary, Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

U.S. carpet manufacturer InterfaceFLOR, is leading industry towards environmental sustainability. It recycles materials and uses solar and other forms of green energy.

Comic strip and book creators do not just fade away. They move on, and often never realize just how much we appreciate their work. This is your chance.

Lupe Fiasco has maybe one thing in common with the stereotypes applied to the rest of the hip-hop industry: his subject matter.

In the mid-1800s, thousands of European immigrants traveled from Iowa to Utah hauling their belongings behind them in handcarts.

Records of early southern settlers east of the Mississippi are sparse because of Spanish and Indian jurisdiction. Passports give genealogical data on some of them.

Michael Moore's film 'Sicko' praises Tommy Douglas as the Greatest Canadian ever, but Douglas was a Brit, just like Lord Beveridge, another hero of free healthcare.

Many of the first pioneers to settle in Upper Canada were Loyalists. As a result of the War of Independence, the Loyalists arrived before Upper Canada was created.

A large number of Jews find their homes in rural settings in North America, away from the demands, expectations and material advantages of large metropolitan centers.

Pioneering homesteaders on the United States and Canadian prairies usually spent their first years in sod homes. Later, they graduated to wood framed farm houses.

When the Everglades was nothing but swamp and sawgrass, a few brave folks came to tame the wilderness.

The definitive biography of the man, his life and work as mathematician, war time code breaker and computer pioneer is Alan Turing, the Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

1930s female British pilot who became a celebrity, Amy Johnson broke several long- distance flying records, then ferried aircraft in World War II, eventually drowning.

The spirit of adventure filled 53-year-old Anna Degraf with the ability to travel on her own from California to Canada's Klondike, carrying her sewing machine and hope.

On June 9, 2009, Emily Anderson left New York driving a 1909 Maxwell touring car. Her goal is to retrace the route of automotive pioneer Alice Ramsey 100 years before.

Learning to fly mail planes at 21, Clayton Scott kept his pilot's license active for 79-years in the Pacific Northwest, including 25 years as a test pilot for Boeing.

This article covers the aerial exploits of Herbert John Hinkler; Australia's Lone Eagle and his record breaking flights. He always flew solo and was a superb navigator.

Coed-y-Brenin in mid-Wales is a great place to go mountain biking and also has a special place in the history of the sport thanks to pioneer trail-builder Dafydd Davis.

For decades, Ernest Van Stoneman was called the unsung hero of country music. But with his 2008 addition to the genre's highest honor roll, his legend status is sealed.

Doris O'Donnell could be considered one of the unsung heroines of pioneering female journalists. A dedicated reporter, she broke barriers for female journalists.

Pioneers of aviation were often regarded as mad, brave or charismatic. De Laroche was no different. 22 October 2009 is the 100th anniversary of her first solo flight.

In 1928 W.D. Albright advised local homesteaders to inventory their assets and liabilities every year. That's what he did and one year it changed the course of his life.

More than as a historian, adventurer or cartographer, Freya Stark's merit lies in her unique style of travel writing.

Hazel Scott was born in Trinidad, grew up in the US. She mesmerized audiences with her piano skills, married a congressman and ended up on Joe McCarthy's blacklist.

Frances Marion was the world's highest-paid screenwriter, male or female, for three decades.

George Turner was a prominent Spokane, Washington lawyer and politician from about 1880 to the early 1900s. He served as a Supreme Court Justice and US Senator.

Jacobus van't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his brilliant work on osmotic pressure and chemical equilibria.

Mary Kies, the first woman issued a U.S. patent, was granted the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.

The lessons that Laura Ingalls Wilder presents to her readers in her series Little House on the Prairie are the same ones found in fairy tales.

The article touches on the career of P.G (Bill) Taylor; WWI flyer, airline captain, author . His incredible feat of bravery over the Tasman Sea will astound the reader.

Pilot Clennell Haggerston 'Punch' Dickins was a Canadian World War I flying ace, flight instructor, bush pilot, and explorer.