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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Southern California
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:57Thursday, July 8, 2010
An earthquake occurred on Wednesday evening in Southern California with a magnitude of 5.4. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (23:53 UTC). At least two dozen smaller aftershocks, none greater than a magnitude of 3.6, have struck the same area since the quake.
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Overdue supply ship docks with International Space Station
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:56Monday, July 5, 2010
The unmanned Progress M-06M spacecraft, which failed to dock with the International Space Station a few days ago, succeeded in a second attempt Sunday. Russian officials said that today's docking went flawlessly and exactly as planned, save for the fact that the docking occurred two days behind schedule.
NASA officials made clear that in the event of a total failure of the cargo ship, the orbital outpost's crew would have had enough surplus supplies to utilize until October or possibly November. By that time, a space shuttle and another Progress spacecraft would have arrived at the station to deliver supplies.
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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits east coast of Honshu, Japan
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:55Sunday, July 4, 2010
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the east coast of Honshu, Japan early Monday morning, according to the USGS. The earthquake took place at 06:55:51 AM local time on July 5. (21:55:51, July 4 UTC).
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Progress spacecraft fails to dock with International Space Station
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:55Friday, July 2, 2010
The unmanned Progress M-06M supply ship failed to dock with the International Space Station Friday due to an apparent critical communications failure. The spacecraft bypassed the station at a safe distance and NASA officials report that the six member American-Russian space station crew were never in any danger; however, flight controllers are struggling to determine what exactly went wrong.
It is believed that the abort was caused by a malfunction in the Progress spacecraft's automatic docking system, resulting in the loss of telemetry data. The malfunction occurred while the spacecraft was at a distance of several kilometers from the orbital outpost, and there was never any threat to the spacecraft or the station, report NASA officials. "The Progress literally flew past the station, but at a safe distance from the outpost," says NASA commentator Rob Navias, "The station crew reported seeing the Progress drift beyond their view, as they worked to reestablish telemetry with the spacecraft."
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Solar Impulse Lands After Successful Night Flight
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 04:45Pilot André Borschberg completes the first night flight by a solar-powered airplane. The Solar Impulse aircraft touches down at 9 a.m. local time in Payerne, Switzerland, after 26 hours in the air, breaking records for the highest and longest solar flight in history.
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Solar Impulse Lands After Successful Night Flight
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 04:45Pilot André Borschberg completes the first night flight by a solar-powered airplane. The Solar Impulse aircraft touches down at 9 a.m. local time in Payerne, Switzerland, after 26 hours in the air, breaking records for the highest and longest solar flight in history.
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Solar Impulse Lands After Successful Night Flight
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 04:45Pilot André Borschberg completes the first night flight by a solar-powered airplane. The Solar Impulse aircraft touches down at 9 a.m. local time in Payerne, Switzerland, after 26 hours in the air, breaking records for the highest and longest solar flight in history.
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Solar Impulse Lands After Successful Night Flight
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 04:45Pilot André Borschberg completes the first night flight by a solar-powered airplane. The Solar Impulse aircraft touches down at 9 a.m. local time in Payerne, Switzerland, after 26 hours in the air, breaking records for the highest and longest solar flight in history.
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Solar Impulse Lands After Successful Night Flight
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 04:45Pilot André Borschberg completes the first night flight by a solar-powered airplane. The Solar Impulse aircraft touches down at 9 a.m. local time in Payerne, Switzerland, after 26 hours in the air, breaking records for the highest and longest solar flight in history.
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Video: Solar Impulse Cleared for Night Flight
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 22:26All systems are go. The flight is on.
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Alberta family's cat found in Yukon
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 20:48A family in Peace River, Alta., will soon be reunited with their cat Weezie, who somehow travelled more than 1,000 kilometres north to Whitehorse over eight months.(author unknown)1660477069995493624500522468460421070544082936652787259117781199207767716927927516703393124225004161
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Chalk River reactor can restart
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 19:22A nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., where medical isotopes are made has received the green light to restart operations after being shut down for more than a year.(author unknown)
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'Climategate' scientists honest: report
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:34An independent British report into leaked emails from one of the world's leading climate research centres has largely vindicated the scientists involved.(author unknown)
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24 Hours of Solar-Powered Flight
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 13:27The Solar Impulse aircraft known as HB-SIA is in the middle of its first 24-hour flight including a complete day/night cycle. The aircraft took off from its home airfield in Payerne, Switzerland shortly before 7 a.m. local time on Wednesday (1 a.m. EDT). It will spend the day climbing to an altitude to nearly 28,000 feet (8,500 meters) while charging its batteries.
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Conan O'Brien's Kamikaze Comedy Debacle
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 00:00Comedian Conan O'Brien died for Big Media's sins and then, rose up more powerful than NBC or anyone else could possibly have imagined.
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Dutch take blame for UN climate report error
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 13:50A leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the errors that undermined the credibility of a UN report on climate change, says it has discovered more mistakes and urged the panel to be more careful.(author unknown)
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Tim Hortons cups turned into biofuel
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 18:55Discarded Tim Hortons coffee cups are being turned into ethanol by researchers at the University of Manitoba.(author unknown)07456590950632885318
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Tornado hits Sask. reserve
Sat, 07/03/2010 - 12:42A tornado has touched down on the Kawacatoose First Nation near Raymore, Sask., destroying about a dozen homes and damaging many others.(author unknown)
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Toyota recalls 270,000 cars with engine flaw
Fri, 07/02/2010 - 04:17Toyota says about 270,000 cars sold worldwide - including luxury Lexus sedans - have faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker after massive global recalls.(author unknown)
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Hurricane Alex kills 2
Fri, 07/02/2010 - 03:20Hurricane Alex causes flooding that kills at least two people and forces thousands of others from coastal fishing villages before weakening to a tropical storm.(author unknown)
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