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  NASA

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  Apollo 11

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  Mir

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  Mashallah

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  Salyut

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  Anvari (1126–1189), full name Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mohammad Khavarani or Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mahmud (Persian: انوری اوحد الدین علی ابن محمد) was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was born in Abivard of (now in Turkmenistan) and died in Khurasanian Balkh, now in Afghanistan, and studied...

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• Haly Abenragel

  Abû l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî l-Rijâl (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن أبي الرجال‎) (commonly known as Haly, Hali, Albohazen Haly filii Abenragel or Haly Abenragel, from ibn Rijal) was an Arab astrologer of the late 10th and early 11th century, best known for his Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm. He was a...

• Ibrahim al-Fazari

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• Calid

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