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Ariane 5 rocket blasts off amid Europe rocket crisis
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Ariane 5 rocket blasts off amid Europe rocket crisis

PARIS: Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket blasted off for a final time on Wednesday, with its farewell flight after 27 years of launches coming at…

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Nasa: Nasa's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days
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Nasa: Nasa’s Mars helicopter ‘phones home’ after no contact for 63 days

WASHINGTON: Long time, no speak: Nasa has re-established contact with the intrepid Ingenuity Mars Helicopter after more than two months of radio silence, the space…

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Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
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Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America

WASHINGTON: Smoke from Canada’s wildfires was wreaking havoc on air quality across Ontario and a dozen US states Wednesday, with monitors warning of very unhealthy…

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Titanic Tourist Submersible: In race against clock, expanding fleet of ships searches for submersible lost near Titanic wreck
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Titanic Tourist Submersible: In race against clock, expanding fleet of ships searches for submersible lost near Titanic wreck

In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished…

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California Mass Shooting: 72-year-old suspect Huu Can Tran kills self as police surround him
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Ahead of Modi’s US visit, Nasa wants India to join lunar mission

NEW DELHI: Days before PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the US from June 21 to 25, Nasa officials are increasingly talking about roping in India…

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Mars: Four Nasa volunteers to spend 1 year in Houston Mars simulator
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Mars: Four Nasa volunteers to spend 1 year in Houston Mars simulator

WASHINGTON: Living on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream for Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, though she’ll soon spend a year preparing for just that. “We…

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Yoon: South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol to meet Joe Biden as doubts grow over the nuclear umbrella
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Yoon: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to meet Joe Biden as doubts grow over the nuclear umbrella

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol set off on Monday for the United States and a summit with President Joe Biden at a time…

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Flash of light above Kyiv sparks buzz about falling satellite, aliens
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Flash of light above Kyiv sparks buzz about falling satellite, aliens

KYIV: The night sky above wartime Kyiv was lit up by a flash of light on Wednesday, social media channels said, prompting speculation that a…

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Australia: Rare solar eclipse to cross remote Australia, Indonesia
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Australia: Rare solar eclipse to cross remote Australia, Indonesia

A rare solar eclipse will cross over remote parts of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor on Thursday. The lucky few in the path of the…

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Old NASA satellite falling to Earth, risk of danger 'low'
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Old NASA satellite falling to Earth, risk of danger ‘low’

An old NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week, but experts tracking the spacecraft say chances are low it will pose any…

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