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Mission Accomplished Many Times Over, Satellite Is Dying The Ulysses probe, launched in 1990 on what was supposed to be a five-year mission, is still transmitting useful data. But the end is near: Its plutonium power source is weak and the craft is literally freezing to death. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Mission Accomplished Many Times Over, Satellite Is Dying The Ulysses probe, launched in 1990 on what was supposed to be a five-year mission, is still transmitting useful data. But the end is near: Its plutonium power source is weak and the craft is literally freezing to death. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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The many overlaps of politics and technology Over the past 100 years I've been writing this column, readers have sent me several irate letters because they were enraged that I would dare to bring politics into a technically oriented publication. For those of you who feel this way, you might want to stop reading Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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White House admits fault on 'Mission Accomplished' banner
(AP) AP - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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McCain says no "mission accomplished" in Iraq CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he would be reluctant to ever declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq, but suggested rosy early predictions of success there by President George W. Bush and other officials fueled public frustration with the war. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Mission drift Five years on from Iraq's 'Mission Accomplished' Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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US to try to shoot down spy satellite
(AP) AP - Taking a page from Hollywood science fiction, the Pentagon said Thursday it will try to shoot down a dying, bus-size U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with the Earth. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Military hopes to bring down satellite
(AP) AP - The Pentagon counted down Wednesday toward an unprecedented effort to shoot down a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite, using a souped-up missile fired from a ship in the Pacific. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Many think God's intervention can revive the dying
(AP) AP - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle." Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Astronauts work on space lab during busy mission - Reuters KOMOAstronauts work on space lab during busy missionReuters - 6 hours agoBy Ed Stoddard HOUSTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Astronauts worked to outfit Europe's new permanent space laboratory on Saturday as a busy visit by NASA's shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Sta Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Toxic satellite mission 'success' The Pentagon says it can confirm a disabled satellite, whose fuel may have posed health risks, was destroyed. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Key ocean mission goes into orbit The Jason-2 satellite is launched on a mission to measure the shape of the world's oceans and track sea level rise. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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US Military Forced to Abort Burma Aid Mission - Washington Post Enews 2.0US Military Forced to Abort Burma Aid MissionWashington Post - 2 hours agoBy Amy Kazmin BANGKOK, June 4 -- Cyclone survivors in Burma's devastated Irrawaddy Delta could require food aid for as long as a year, UN officials said Wednesday, even as the US militar Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Space Shuttle Completes 16-Day Mission, and Lands - New York Times Malaysia StarSpace Shuttle Completes 16-Day Mission, and LandsNew York Times - 2 hours agoNASA/AP By WARREN E. LEARY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour returned safely to earth on Wednesday evening, completing a record-breaking 16-day mission to the Int Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Tom Cruise's Mission: Oprah - Washington Post National PostTom Cruise's Mission: OprahWashington Post - 3 hours agoBy Tom Shales "I never stop learning," Tom Cruise boasted proudly from his corner of the couch, and Oprah Winfrey beamed back at him from hers.Cruise makes serious Oprah return BBC NewsTom Crui Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Video shows woman dying on Brooklyn hospital floor - The Associated Press ABC NewsVideo shows woman dying on Brooklyn hospital floorThe Associated Press - 31 minutes agoNEW YORK (AP) - City hospital officials agreed in court Tuesday to implement reforms at a psychiatric ward where surveillance footage showed a woman falling from her chair, wr Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Harm from Smoking Reversible Over Time - Voice of America InjuryBoard.comHarm from Smoking Reversible Over TimeVoice of America - 10 hours agoBy Rosanne Skirble Women who quit smoking reduce their risk of dying from heart disease and tobacco-related cancers. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health analyzed data on 1 Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Key ocean mission goes into orbit The Jason-2 ocean mapping satellite, a joint venture between France and the US, is launched into space. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Key ocean mission goes into orbit The Jason-2 satellite, which will have the task of measuring the shape of the world's oceans, is launched into space. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > BBC |
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Ocean mission delivers first maps The Jason-2 satellite, which was launched to measure the shape of the world's oceans, sends back its first maps. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |