Banjul International Airport is located on the airport property. In the event of an emergency on any of the NASA Space Shuttles, Banjul International Airport had been selected as an augmented landing site. Gambia was the perfect location when the shuttle was launched with a low, 28-degree inclination. In 2001 NASA announced that Banjul airport would no longer be used as an augmented landing site because latterly, NASA would launch shuttles up at 51.6 degrees to the International Space Station, making air bases in Spain and France more suitable for an emergency landing. The airport was the main hub of Gambia Bird until
Geology of the Central African Republic Southern Hemisphere as part of the supercontinents Gondwana and Pangaea. Many aspects of Central African Republic’s geologic history remain unknown. Along with the Brazilian state of Bahia, CAR is the only country known to host carbonados (black diamond aggregates), which some researchers have suggested may be connected to a Precambrian meteorite impact that could also have generated the Bangui magnetic anomaly. Up to 60% of bedrock beneath the Central African Republic dates to the Precambrian. Much of the country is situated in the Archean Congo Craton. The North Equatorial Fold Belt, Pan-African granulites and greenstone belts are found in the