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Endeavour Lands - Just Four Shuttle Launches To GoCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 The US space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida late Sunday after a two-week mission to install a new module on the International Space Station. The shuttle touched down on a coastal runway at the Kennedy Space Center here at 10:20 pm (0320 GMT Monday) after the cloudy weather in the area improved enough for Endeavour to be cleared for landing. "Congratulations on a great mission," Mission Control radioed the six astronauts as the shuttle rolled to a stop. "It's great to be ho ... read more |
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Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 22, 2010William E. Gordon, founder of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, died Feb. 16 at his home in Ithaca. He was 92. Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1958 when he began designing the radio telescope to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and nearby space. Built in the limestone hills of northwest Puerto Rico and funded by the U.S. Defense Advan ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 22, 2010Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. On Thursday 18 February, ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) approved three missions to enter the so-called definition phase. This is the next step required before the final decision is take ... more  
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2010Just before Christmas, NASA sent a note: Irradiated smoked turkey, thermostabilized yams and NASA's own special stuffing recipe can mean only one thing - holiday season aboard the International Space Station. Station Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev are currently the sole residents aboard the complex. They will spend the holidays with three new crew members. NASA as ... more |
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Beijing Fumes Over A Snowman In Washington With No ShoesBeijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2010 China on Friday angrily protested at US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing. The denunciation came swiftly after Obama vowed support for Tibetan rights in his White House talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday, a meeting that China had repeatedly warned against. "The US action seriously interfered in Chinese internal affairs, seriously hurt the feelings of China's peo ... read more |
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