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NASA weighs encore for Deep Impact craft
Jul 19 2005 8:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA is considering an encore for its Deep Impact spacecraft, which made history earlier this month when it smashed a hole in a comet to study its frozen primordial core.
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Britain plans new Antarctic research base
Jul 19 2005 8:45PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain plans replace its aging scientific research station in the Antarctic with a structure on skis so that it can move away from dangerous ice, officials said Tuesday.
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Designers of moon camera reunite
Jul 19 2005 8:27PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Like any other tourist fumbling with a new camera, the task was simple enough, just point and shoot, Stan Lebar remembered Tuesday, nearly 36 years after the camera he designed brought back the first pictures from the moon. "All they had to do was throw the switch and it did everything itself," Lebar said.
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Experts say Arkansas may have earthquake
Jul 19 2005 8:23PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Residents of the northeastern part of Arkansas along the New Madrid fault should be prepared for a high-magnitude earthquake, the University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information says.
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New futures market gambles on hurricanes
Jul 19 2005 7:59PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A trio of University of Miami professors are betting on a new way to predict where a hurricane will hit, an unorthodox approach they believe could help people living along the storm's path decide whether to evacuate.
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Shuttle delayed until at least next week
Jul 19 2005 7:58PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has put off its long-awaited resumption of space shuttle flight until at least next week, saying it is no closer to finding what caused a fuel gauge to fail in the first launch countdown.
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Clinton warns of global warming dangers
Jul 19 2005 12:12PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Former President Clinton sounded a warning Tuesday against the dangers of climate change as he met with young South Africans, and had lunch with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
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Space station crew moves Russia spacecraft
Jul 19 2005 9:03AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The crew of the International Space Station moved a Russian spacecraft from one part of the orbiting complex to another Tuesday in a maneuver designed to make space walks easier, a Russian official said.
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