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Astronauts install water recycler on space station

HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system. ...  > full story

Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Stem cells from tiny embryos can be used to restore lost hearing and vision in animals, researchers said Tuesday in what they believe is a first step toward helping people. ...  > full story

India's lunar probe lands on the moon, sends images

MUMBAI, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — A lunar probe from India's first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has landed on the moon and started sending its first images, officials at the Indian Space Research Organization said on Friday. ...  > full story

Centrica says reviewing new wind farm economics

LONDON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Britain's Centrica is reviewing the economic viability of planned wind farms due to soaring costs and the credit crunch, the owner of British Gas said. ...  > full story

WITNESS: Zero G -- like being born

BORDEAUX, France, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Nothing quite prepares you for becoming weightless, except perhaps being born. ...  > full story

Telescopes get visual of planets around another sun

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Telescopes on land have caught the first real visual images of multiple planets orbiting another star. ...  > full story

NASA clears shuttle for space station visit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA managers on Wednesday cleared the space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts for launch on Friday on a mission to make the International Space Station a bit more like home. ...  > full story

Urgent regulation needed for nanomaterials: experts

LONDON, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — More testing and regulation of nanomaterials used in an increasingly number of everyday products is urgently needed, experts said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Astronaut set to become Japan's first mom in space

TOKYO, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — A Japanese astronaut and mother of one has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis, Japan's space agency said Tuesday, making her the country's first mom to go into space. ...  > full story

NASA loses contact with Mars lander, ends mission

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — The Phoenix Mars Lander, which made history by finding definitive proof of water on the Red Planet, has lost contact with Earth, effectively ending its more than five-month mission, NASA said on Monday. ...  > full story
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