French inventor soars above Champs-Elysees on flyboard at Paris parade: AFP
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French inventor and entrepreneur on Sunday soared above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine-engine-powered flying board…
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At 82, NASA pioneer Sue Finley still reaching for the stars
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US…
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PHIVOLCS launches app to help people prepare for quakes, and volcanic, hydro-meteorological hazards
(Eagle News)--The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Tuesday, July 16, launched an application that aims to help people…
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Twitter revamps website in bid to mimic mobile app
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter on Monday began rolling out an overhauled version of its website, making it more similar…
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe makes second touchdown on asteroid: space agency
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Hayabusa2 probe touched down on a distant asteroid on Thursday, the country's space agency said,…
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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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