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Stephen Hawking urges new era of space conquest (AFP)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on April 22, 2008
AFP - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the 50th anniversary of NASA space agency.
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Hubble telescope captures crashing galaxies (Reuters)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on April 24, 2008
Reuters - Images of colliding galaxies show them spinning, sliding and slipping into one another, wreaking stellar destruction that will give birth to new and larger galaxies.
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Mars Rover's Robotic Arm Glitch Worsens (SPACE.com)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on April 24, 2008
SPACE.com - A motorglitch has resurfaced aboard NASA's Mars rover Opportunity and may hinder someof the long-lived robot's ability to wield its mechanical arm.
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Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on May 10, 2008
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
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