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Along with rewiring the International Space Station, the Discovery crew dropped off two tons of equipment and brought two tons back. In this mission, the Discovery completed 204 orbits and traveled 5.3 million miles.

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The base would be build on the lunar south pole and serve as a test bed for technologies needed for an eventual mission to Mars.

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The area of the Cape of Rodoni is one of the pearls of Albania, but its precious beaches are going waste because of the increasing pollution. And it's not just the rubbish on the surface, the water and even the earth itself is often toxic, with wildlife unable to survive.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

Yves Rossy from Switzerland has become the first person to gain altitude and maintain horizontal flight with strap-on wings thanks to a jetpack that would make James Bond jealous. The former professional military pilot, now an Airbus pilot for a Swiss airline, takes to the skies with a set of mot...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

NASA wanted to rewire the station in 2003, but the destruction of space shuttle Columbia halted all shuttle flights. Assembly resumed in September, with a new deadline to complete the outpost before the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. NASA needs at least another 13 missions to finish the complex

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This discovery has helped scientists understand how one female lizard could start a new colony by herself.

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In the second spacewalk of this mission, half of the International Space Station must be powered down, leaving little back up. Turning half of the power off in the space station leaves little back up should problems arise.

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NASA astronauts, on an unprecedented 4th spacewalk of the mission, successfully folded up the jammed-up solar panel.

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The technology, which until now has only been seen in movies like Mission: Impossible, projects a wide screen video image unnoticeable to anyone but the bespectacled individual.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

During the Discovery's mission crew members conducted 4 spacewalks to continue construction on the station, rewire the station's power system and assist in the retraction of a solar panel that had folded improperly. The Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

At least 14 more missions are needed to finish the $100 billion outpost. Shuttle flights were grounded after the 2003 Columbia accident and NASA only returned to station assembly this year. While NASA fixed its problems with the shuttle, the station remained in orbit.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

Tokyo's zoo puts its newborn Koala bear on show to the public for the first time.

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Almost two years after the devastating Asian tsunami, Thailand has unveiled its first detection buoy. The device will be situated a thousand miles west of Phuket as part of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system.

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The scientists say that death rate is enough to make gorillas extinct if people keep hunting them too. Their study - in the U.S. journal Science - looked at gorilla colonies in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They've found many chimpanzees have also died of Ebola.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

NASA scientists compared images of the Martian surface taken seven years apart and found the existence of 20 newly formed craters caused by impact from space debris as well as the evidence suggesting liquid water trickling down gully walls. The researchers first reported the discovery of the gull...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Tue, Sep 30 2008 12:10 PM

The twins have yet to be named and their sex has yet to be confirmed. The mother, 12-year-old Mei Mei and the father, 14-year-old Yong Ming were loaned from from China's Chengdu reserve. The twins are the world's second panda cubs born mid-winter.

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NASA continued with plans for a Thursday night launch of the space shuttle Discovery despite lingering clouds that could threaten the evening launch.

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The polar bears that are a famous part of Canada's North could soon be officially deemed a threatened species by the U.S. government, it was announced Wednesday.

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Telecommunications firms in Asia scrambled Thursday to restore service to millions of Chinese affected by an internet blackout after an earthquake snapped six undersea cables.

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An ancient ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields that broke off Ellesmere Island could be dangerous when it starts to drift in the spring, a scientist says.