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What is this current - Kuro-shio?

This is a warm Pacific current, directed from the southwest to the northeast. Like the Gulf Stream, it brings warm water masses into the Bering Sea, making the climate of Alaska and western Canada much warmer than at the same latitudes in Siberia.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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How many people have walked on the surface of the moon?

On July 21, 1969, the lunar cabin "Eagle" of the American spacecraft "Apollo 11" landed on the surface of the Moon (in the southwestern part of the Sea of Tranquility).

Neil Armstrong, commander of the spacecraft, became the first person to set foot on the surface of the moon. Lunar cabin pilot Edwin Aldrin joined him 20 minutes later. After 1 hour 44 minutes, Aldrin returned to the cockpit, and 10 minutes after him, Armstrong. On July 21, the astronauts launched from the Moon, having spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on it.

A few months later, on November 19 of the same year, the lunar cabin "Interpid" of the Apollo 12 spacecraft landed in the eastern part of the Ocean of Storms, from which the commander of the ship Charles Conrad and the pilot of the lunar cabin Alan Bean twice went to the surface of the Moon. In total, Konrad spent 7 hours 26 minutes on the surface of the Moon, Bean - 6 hours 34 minutes. On November 20, 31 hours and 32 minutes after landing, the Interpid cabin left the surface of the Earth's natural satellite.

In addition to these four American astronauts, none of the inhabitants of the Earth has yet been to the surface of the Moon.

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