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Who were the two men who descended to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960?
Who were the two men who descended to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960?
Lt. Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard
What is the Challenger Deep and where is it located?
What is the Challenger Deep and where is it located?
The Challenger Deep is the deepest part of the ocean, located in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean
When did the space shuttle program come to an end?
When did the space shuttle program come to an end?
July 2011
What was the estimated price tag of the space shuttle program?
What was the estimated price tag of the space shuttle program?
What event largely overshadowed the descent to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960?
What event largely overshadowed the descent to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960?
What is the Challenger Deep?
What is the Challenger Deep?
What was the significance of the descent to the Challenger Deep in 1960?
What was the significance of the descent to the Challenger Deep in 1960?
What event paralleled the race to the moon in the 1960s?
What event paralleled the race to the moon in the 1960s?
What marked the end of the space shuttle program after 30 years?
What marked the end of the space shuttle program after 30 years?
What was the estimated cost of the space shuttle program?
What was the estimated cost of the space shuttle program?
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What is the Challenger Deep?
What is the Challenger Deep?
The deepest known point in the ocean, located in the Mariana Trench.
Where is the deepest part of the ocean?
Where is the deepest part of the ocean?
The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
Who were the first humans to reach the Challenger Deep?
Who were the first humans to reach the Challenger Deep?
Lieutenant Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard were the first humans to reach the deepest part of the ocean in 1960.
What is the Challenger Deep and where is it located?
What is the Challenger Deep and where is it located?
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When did the Space Shuttle program end?
When did the Space Shuttle program end?
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What marked the end of the Space Shuttle program?
What marked the end of the Space Shuttle program?
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What was the estimated price tag of the Space Shuttle program?
What was the estimated price tag of the Space Shuttle program?
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What was the significance of the descent to the Challenger Deep?
What was the significance of the descent to the Challenger Deep?
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What event overshadowed the descent to the deepest part of the ocean?
What event overshadowed the descent to the deepest part of the ocean?
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What event paralleled the race to the moon?
What event paralleled the race to the moon?
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