Kazakhstan is a modern, secular state promoting ethnic and religious diversity and tolerance. VOA's Valer Gergely reports from Kazakhstan that Islam, Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Jewish and other religions peacefully coexist in the republic.
New SLS Core Stage Pathfinder ready; will help NASA prepare to launch largest rocket ever The Core Stage Pathfinder is 228,000 pounds of steel. It's 212 feet long and 27.6 feet in diameter. CORDOVA, Ala. â North Alabama continues to play a big role in helping America return to human deep-space exploration.
Seismic measurements show that the core is divided into two parts, a solid inner core with a radius of â1,220 km and a liquid outer core extending beyond it to a radius of â3,400 km. The densities are between 9,900 and 12,200 kg/m3 in the outer core and 12,600â13,000 kg/m3 in the inner core.