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Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived in 1960 in the Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency during Project Mercury and executed after Project Gemini. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal, "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in his address to the U.S. Congress on May 25, 1961.
Hoover Dam
hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, United States
Project Gemini
NASA's second human spaceflight program
National Ignition Facility
research institute
Project Orion
nuclear explosion-powered spacecraft
Gansu Wind Farm
wind farm complex in Gansu province, China
Project Pluto
U.S government program to develop nuclear-powered ramjet engines for cruise missiles
megaproject
thumb|Itaipu Dam in [[South America, an example of a 20th-century megaproject]] thumb|The Trans-Siberian Railway and other railways in the Asiatic part of the [[Russian Empire were important 19th-century megaprojects.]] A megaproject is an extremely large-scale investment project. A more general definition is "Megaprojects are temporary endeavours (i.e. projects) characterised by: large investment commitment, vast complexity (especially in organisational terms), and long-lasting impact on the economy, the environment, and society". Megaprojects may refer to construction projects but also decom
Big Dig
highway project
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
programme financed by the SpaceX company
Open Source Ecology
network of people whose main goal is the manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set
Snowy Mountains Scheme
hydroelectricity and irrigation complex
Russia–Ukraine barrier
wall on the Russian-Ukrainian border
3DBenchy
The 3DBenchy is a 3D computer model specifically designed for testing the accuracy and capabilities of 3D printers. It is described by its creators Daniel Norée and Paulo Kiefe, at the time employees of Creative Tools, as "the jolly 3D printing torture-test" and was released (initially only in STL format) in April 2015, with a multi-part, multi-colour model released in July 2015.
Precious Plastic
open hardware plastic recycling project
Extreme Engineering
American television series
Fab@Home
thumb|The Fab@Home Model 1 (2006) thumb|A Fab@Home Model 1 variant shown at the London Science Museum
megascale engineering
form of exploratory engineering concerned with the construction of structures on an enormous scale
Husab mine
uranium mine in Namibia