The Encyclopedia Astronautica is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, from Robert Goddard to the NASASpace shuttle to the Soviet shuttle Buran.
It is maintained by space enthusiast Mark Wade, who has been collecting such information for most of his life.
... Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period ...