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Timeline with 2 circles indicating James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, and braille labels.
How far will the James Webb Space Telescope see back in time?
05/13/2022
Bar chart with 5 pairs of bars and braille labels
America’s gun culture in charts: gun rights vs gun control spending
04/22/2022
Graph with 4 overlapping lines and braille labels.
What is the Health Footprint of the Pandemic?
04/08/2022
Baseball diamond layout with braille labels.
What is the layout of a Major League Baseball field?
03/25/2022
Map of Ukraine with braille labels for cities and surrounding countries.
Map of Ukraine, relevant cities and regions
03/11/2022
Chart with braille labels. X- and y-axis labeling Altitude and Longitude, a horizontal line across the middle with volcanic plume in stratosphere above, and clouds in troposphere below.
How high was the Tonga volcanic plume?
02/25/2022
Map of Ukraine with symbols and braille labels within bordering countries.
Where are Russia’s troops positioned near Ukraine?
02/11/2022
Mars Perseverance Parachute with braille labels.
What was that secret code on NASA’s Mars Perseverance Parachute?
01/28/2022
January 6 US Capitol Timeline Maps
01/14/2022
Four space vehicles, each with different shaped rockets and crew capsules, with braille labels.
What do the Boeing, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic space vehicles look like?
11/19/2021
Side view of a tardigrade, showing 4 legs, eyespot, and braille labels.
What does a tardigrade look like?
10/22/2021
Cropped diagram of the Pentagon layout showing corridors, rings, and impact damage area.
Touching The News: Where was the Pentagon hit on 9/11?
10/08/2021

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