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ISS Crew Perform SpacewalkHouston TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2010 The members of the International Space Station's Expedition 24 crew shifted their sleep schedule Monday in preparation for their mission's first spacewalk, waking up at about 2:40 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin, a veteran of three spacewalks in 2007 during Expedition 15, and Mikhail Kornienko, a spacewalk rookie, will perform the six-hour spacewalk. The pair will exit the Pirs docking compartment and work outside the Zarya and Zvezda modules. The Pirs Docking Compartment hatch is sla ... read more |
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New Orleans (AFP) July 18, 2010Three sport fishermen guided their boat up a oil-stained Louisiana coastline in a hopeful if tentative show of optimism, just days after BP finally capped the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico. The trio expressed a commonly heard, guarded optimism that after three months after the start of the Gulf oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history might finally be in check. "(The ... more  
London (AFP) July 18, 2010Oil giant BP could split itself up by scaling back its US operations and selling refineries and petrol stations in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported. The troubled British-based firm is facing a battle to rebuild its reputation following the worst environmental disaster in US history, which may now have been contained following the capping of ... more 
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 18, 2010BP raised hopes Sunday of an end to the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it intends to keep the well sealed until a permanent "kill" operation can begin in two weeks' time. Exhaustive tests were ongoing to check that the runaway well was secure, but officials said the valves on the cap would remain shut as long as pressure readings remain high and no new leaks were discovered on ... more |
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Army Plans Network Integration ExerciseWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 The U.S. Army is planning a brigade combat team integration exercise at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., July 12-16, 2010, which will connect Soldiers, sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles, networked vehicles on-the-move, command posts and other nodes over long distances through satellite and software-programmable radio as part of an effort to evaluate the progress of its battlefield network. "We are going to stress the network to see how far we can go to extend the network. It is not a test - but an ... read more |
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