Archived Stories
The Wright Brothers and Their High-Flying Invention
First, Wilbur and Orville Wright bought a small printing press and started a weekly newspaper in Dayton, Ohio. Then, they opened a bicycle shop. But they wanted to do something else: they wanted to build a flying machine. And that's what they did. To get started, they...
Amelia Earhart: A Famous Flyer
Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot who set many records for long-distant flights. In 1928,she became famous as the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself (flying by oneself is called flying "solo"). By 1937, when she took off from Florida for an...
The Milky Way: Our Home Galaxy
Galaxies are huge collections of stars that are held together by gravity, which is the very same force that keeps you from flying off the face of the Earth. Our Sun is a star, like the ones you see twinkling overhead at night. The Sun, all the planets, and everything...
Babe Ruth: The King of Home Runs (and Strikeouts, Too)
Babe Ruth began his Major League Baseball career as a 19-year-old pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball, but he could also hit long home runs. Since pitchers only played once every four or five days, Babe switched to the outfield...
Martin Luther King Jr. Stood Up for What He Knew Was Right
In the United States of America, the third Monday in January is a national holiday. That's the day when Americans celebrate the birthday -- and the life -- of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was the leading figure in America's civil rights movement during the...
The Sun: It’s the Star of Our Solar System!
When you look up at the night sky, you see lots and lots of stars. The sun is one of those, only a lot closer! That's right: the very same Sun that lights up the daytime sky is actually a star, like the twinkling dots that sparkle overhead at night. The Sun is a...