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Breaking News Sun, 26 Aug 2012
Neil Armstrong
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 New Straits/Business Times 
US astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82
| Washington: The first human to set foot on the moon, renowned US astronaut Neil Armstrong, has died following complications from cardiovascular surgery. He was 82. | Armstrong underwent cardiac bypa... (photo: public domain / )
Curiosity - The Next Mars Rover
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 France24 
NASA's Mars rover makes first test drive
| AFP - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot -- now dubbed "Bradbury Landing" in honor of late science fiction author Ray Brad... (photo: NASA / NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The Curiosity rover is a nuclear-powered Mars rover that is part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by the United States. The MSL spacecraftwith its payload Curiositywas launched on 26 November 2011 and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on 6 August 2012  The Daily Telegraph 
Nasa's Curiosity rover to make first test drive
A little more than two weeks after its arrival on Mars, Nasa's Curiosity rover will on Wednesday make its first "test drive" before setting off on its Red Planet mission, the US space agency said. | P... (photo: Creative Commons / Chaser)
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This artist rendition provided by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the Phoenix lander on the arctic plains of Mars digging a trench through the upper soil layer. The polar water ice cap is shown in the far distance. The three-legged NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars Sunday, March 25, 2008 for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near the planet's' north pole to study whether the permafrost could have supported primitive life  The Hindu 
NASA to launch another Mars mission in 2016
Encouraged by the success of “Curiosity”, NASA has announced to launch a new Mars mission in 2016 to take a better look into the guts of the Red Planet. | The mission called “InSight... (photo: AP / NASA-JPL, Cory Waste)
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David Cronenberg The Los Angeles Times
Perspective: Is David Cronenberg our most original director?
| Hypnotic or stupefying? "This is the third time I've seen it, and I still don't know if it works," a colleague told me as we left a screening of David Cronenberg's"Cosm... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting with activists of the United Russia party in Kazan, 720 km (450 miles) east of Moscow The Guardian
Russian PM angered by failed Russian space launch
| MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that this week's failed space launch has dented the nation's prestige and that those to blame must... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)
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 From right, Russian aviation heavyweight Sukhoi Chief Executive Mikhail Pogosian speaks with President Vladimir Putin as they stand near a scale model of new medium-range Superjet 100 civilian aircraft, foreground, at the International Aviation and Space Austin American Statesman
Putin angered by failed Russian space launch
| MOSCOW — Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says this week's failed space launch has dented the nation's prestige and those to blame must be held responsible... (photo: (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service))
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	Troops stationed in Afghanistan return to open arms LA Daily News
Troops stationed in Afghanistan return to open arms
By Kendra Ablaza, Staff Writerdailynews.com | Posted:   08/08/2012 07:41:34 PM PDT | August 9, 2012 2:45 AM GMTUpdated:   08/08/2012 07:45:20 PM PDT | LOS ALAMI... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
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Solar System Galaxies
- One of God's Miraculous Creations: The Solar System - Y
- MES Open House shines light on solar components and systems
- Purdue Uni Developing Early Warning System For Solar Storms
- Govt. to install Solar based drinking water system in Maoist
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- Verizon, Sprint still mum on when Galaxy Nexus will get Jell
- Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet sets itself apart with some cool fea
- Samsung faces US ban on Galaxy smartphone, tablets after App
- Weekend Meme: Farewell Neil Armstrong, Prince Harry's $1
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
- Valedictorian denied diploma over 'The Twilight Saga: E
- Phelps' numbers are stellar, but Bolt eclipses all with
- The great eclipse
- Inside science: Evidence of the eclipse
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- Telling aliens where we are is not the smartest thing to do:
- 'Telling aliens where we are is not the smartest thing t
- 'Telling aliens where we are is not the smartest thing t
- Columnist debunks Bob Lazar, Area 51 'expert'
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Freshman class should give fans a reason to keep following M
- Christian Jones believes playmaking skills can make a differ
- Weak side should be a strong point for FSU’s Christian Jon
- Michigan State's Hoover learns ins, outs of being a tack
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- Angry Birds Space fills Red Planet with volcanoes, exploding
- How planetary resource's asteroid search could help find
- NASA Tests Tech for Future Asteroid Exploration
- Research and Technology Studies (RATS) on an Asteroid
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