What was the original basic purpose of the international space station? a) to be the largest artificial satellite. b)to be a space laboratory for scientists. c)to launch rocket-propelled weapons. d)to direct all global communications.

The correct answer is B. The original basic purpose of the International Space Station was to be a space laboratory for scientists.

Explanation:

The International Space Station was meant to be a laboratory, observatory and factory in low Earth orbit. In addition, it was planned to provide transportation, maintenance, and act as a test base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

the apache were not receiving guns from the spanish.(a) is the correct

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