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 Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating the crews was opened for the traditional welcoming ceremony, NASA said. The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Center without a hitch on Monday on a 11-day voyage to deliver a 20,000-pound (9,071-kilogram) haul of spare parts to the ISS. ... read more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2009The U.S. ambassador to Moscow confirmed on Tuesday that the United States will continue to use Russian Soyuz spacecraft after space shuttles retire from service in 2010. "Soon, when space shuttles are taken out of operation, we will only be using your Soyuz rockets to put our astronauts into orbit," John Beyrle said in an online conference hosted by Gazeta.ru. The new Orion ... more |
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record
Summer 2025 was UK's warmest on record: weather agency Spain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient' EU chief's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming in Bulgaria Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record Japan loosens gun rules as bear attacks rise Japan, South Korea had hottest summer on record in 2025 South Korea records hottest summer, beating 2024 Floods leave women struggling in Pakistan's relief camps Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on 
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Titusville, Fla. (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge competition, with a $400,000 prize, will test gloves independent inventors designed and constructed for use in space. The event, to be held Thursday at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near the Kennedy Space Center, is open to the public. The nationwide competition focuses on developing improved pressure suit gloves for astronauts ... more  
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 18, 2009China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate. "Without any reforms to the IGF, it is not necessary to give it a five year extension," Chen Yin, head of the Chinese delegation, told the forum's fourth conference which wrapped up in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 NASA says it failed to free its stuck Mars explorer Spirit on the first attempt. Officials at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said preliminary data from Tuesday's experiment indicate the rover stopped moving less than 1 second after it sensed more lateral tilt than permitted. A tight limit on vehicle roll and pitch of less than 1 degree change was set for the first drive ... more |
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Tallinn, Estonia (ESA) Nov 19, 2009ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, Juhan Parts, signed the Cooperation Agreement on 10 November in Tallinn. Estonia becomes the fifth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA. The signed agreement strengthens Estonia's relations with ESA and defines the legal ... more  
Galloway Forest Park, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2009The new Dark Sky Park in Galloway Forest marks a new high in the growing interest in the UK's dark skies. It follows three years of STFC-led UK Dark Sky events which have been have been rekindling curiosity in the night sky and switching people on to the wonders of the universe. The Dark Sky Park status, awarded by the International Dark-Sky Association over the weekend, means that ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009After a recent upgrade, NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The announcement was made at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC09) in Portland, Ore. The Pleiades supercomputer is an SGI Altix ICE ... more |
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