Hard soil, big jumps and epiphanies: what it’s like on the Moon
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in…
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Virgin Galactic seeks space tourism boost with market launch
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world's…
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Great leaps in science thanks to Apollo
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and back 50 years ago…
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Facebook services back online after worldwide outage
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook said it was "back at 100 percent" Wednesday evening after an outage on…
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NASA tests launch-abort system for moon-mission capsule
WASHINGTON, United States -- NASA carried out a successful test Tuesday of a launch-abort system for the Orion capsule…
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French consumer group launches class action against Google for violating EU’s data privacy laws
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French consumer rights group said Wednesday that it has launched a class action lawsuit…
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Russian, North American astronauts return to earth
by Alexander NEMENOV DZHESKAZGAN, Afghanistan (AFP) -- The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a…
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Hacker used $35 computer to steal restricted NASA data
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A hacker used a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to infiltrate NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory network,…
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Governments must regulate social networks, says Facebook’s head of global affairs
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Governments must regulate social networks and not the companies themselves, Facebook's head of global affairs…
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Cyprus racers show budget solar cars have a sunny future
by Isabelle WESSELINGH and Emily IRVING-SWIFT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- Venetia Chrysostomide fastened her helmet and rolled her solar-powered car…
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