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Japan's M-5 rocket, satellite blast off
Jul 9 2005 11:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan launched a rocket Sunday carrying a telescope-laden satellite to study black holes and galaxies, the country's space agency said.
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Astronauts arrive early at launching site
Jul 9 2005 11:19PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The seven astronauts who will make the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster arrived early at the launch site Saturday, beating Hurricane Dennis by a day.
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Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth at zoo
Jul 9 2005 9:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mei Xiang looked surprised, perhaps a bit put off by the shrill cries from the first giant panda cub born at the National Zoo in 16 years.
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Military's energy-beam weapons delayed
Jul 9 2005 7:31PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - For years, the U.S. military has explored a new kind of firepower that is instantaneous, precise and virtually inexhaustible: beams of electromagnetic energy. "Directed-energy" pulses can be throttled up or down depending on the situation, much like the phasers on "Star Trek" could be set to kill or merely stun.
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NASA sees shuttle's return as test flight
Jul 9 2005 5:38PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Even after an overhaul exceeding $1 billion, NASA knows the space shuttle is still vulnerable, unpredictable, dangerous, unforgiving. With the expected return to space Wednesday, NASA leaders stress this will be a test flight in the true sense, almost like the original Mercury space shots.
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Similarities in shuttles return mission
Jul 9 2005 5:12PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The similarities between the Challenger and Columbia disasters were so strong _ at least in terms of NASA's dysfunctional safety culture _ that one accident investigator spoke poignantly of hearing an "echo."
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Debris suggests comet formed gradually
Jul 9 2005 9:59AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The plume of debris that spilled from a comet after it collided with a space probe is as fine as talcum powder, suggesting the comet formed gradually, scientists said Friday.
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NASA relaxes some shuttle launch security
Jul 9 2005 8:44AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials are confident enough about their security measures that they are changing back to some pre-Sept. 11 practices, and the London bombings didn't change their plans, a spokesman said Friday.
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