Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity silhouette welcome new passengers for the first time this month in Germany, but it's the easy part for a line of luxury cruises in the world.

Silhouette left the Meyer Weft shipyard in Ladenburg, Germany, to the open sea this week, but not before completing a 26-mile navigation of the river Elms, which was within five meters of leeway in some respects.

Adding to the drama's ship several million dollars, edged his way along the river, the captain steered the boat Dimities Safeties versa.

Preparations for the trip - called the "Transportation" includes the removal of power lines and railroads that usually in the river to allow the boat to cross. The trip had been chosen to carry out precisely at high tide to ensure sufficient depth under the hull, and when the weather was calm enough to avoid the possibility that the wind to land the craft.

The road along the river Elms including several blocks and other emissions adjusted, even when traveling on a highway aqueduct. The cruise ship less than four miles per hour.

After completing the work is done in Unshaven, the Netherlands, the figure of 2,886 passengers will sail to Hamburg, where he will be named at a ceremony July 21.

The ship is the fourth of five Solstice-class ships elegant Celebrity - Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse has gone before - and has a number of new exclusive features, like grass Grill Club, outdoor industry first, a grill interactive The Hideaway, a place of high technology that resembles a tree house for children to relax indoors, bedrooms, luxurious private cabanas overlooking the lawn of the ship on the upper deck, amid spectacular views of the sea, and Studio Art, a place where aspiring artists can experience and participate in hands-on instruction from experts in the design, beadwork, sculpture and painting.

The ship will also be important designer shops, exclusive restaurants and hip Celebrity lounge, offers classes on the use of guest’s pads and phones, among other products, which are also available for sale on board.

When the ceremony of baptism is completed, the silhouette leaves Hamburg to Rome, where he will offer 12 cruises and night to the Holy Land during the summer. Look for Caribbean cruises of 12 night’s roundtrip from Cape Liberty, New Jersey, from November.

One of the best in the world of luxury cruise lines, Celebrity sails in Alaska, Australia / New Zealand, Bermuda, California, England, Canada / New, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, the Pacific coast, the Channel Panama, South America, and the year of the Galapagos Islands. The line also offers cruise tour immersion experiences in Alaska, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, Europe and South America.

One of the most dynamic lines of the cruises in the world, Celebrity's fleet consists of nine vessels, a new Solstice-class ship (Celebrity Reflection), scheduled to sail in the fall of 2012.

space shuttle launch

There is a 70 percent chance that the shuttle launch on Friday will be a no go. But when the clear sky, NASA will send its last shuttle in space. For 30 years, space shuttles to launch into the sky and back home have captured the imagination of the nation.

I remember the texture of Neapolitan ice cream flavor of the Museum of Air and Space, freeze-dried in a lot of money - just like the astronauts ate.

I remember the tears of my sister. His science teacher, Mr. Wollitz, nearly won a contest: the first teacher in space. It seemed that all primary schools in Fort came to see the woman who broke the edge of the Challenger. I do not remember much, but I remember the tears of my sister.

Astronaut Shannon Lucid September 19, 1996. (AP) Remember the smile of Lucid in zero gravity, his gray ponytail flying over Shannon. It was one of the first female astronauts, and after six months living on the space station, one of the most recognized. She told us that girls could go to the moon, too.

Following the launch, the spacecraft will travel to museums, running only in our memory. Thousands of people will lose their jobs as the components of the shuttle program. Astronauts face an uncertain future. The space station could be endangered by the end of the shuttle program, former director of flight is concerned, but as Joel Achenbach writes, "is that the horse left the barn, the people."

There will be plenty of time waiting, listening to the speeches of possible missions to Mars, but now let's look back: over the missions and the moments that stand out at large in our collective memory. Check out the gallery spacecraft from1981 to 2011. And share their memories with us.