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Boeing's troubled Starliner launches for ISS in key test

RTE 20 May 2022

American aerospace giant Boeing has launched its Starliner capsule for the International Space Station in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts ... "When we built the space station we were really focused on all the amazing science that we ...

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Pittsburgh-area native works with real-life members of Navy's Top Gun program

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 20 May 2022

But at Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev., Pittsburgh native Amanda Taylor will be working with the real-life members of the Navy’s Top Gun program ... Taylor, a 2013 University of Pittsburgh graduate, is part of a group that works with pilots stationed at the Fallon base, where they support aircraft carrier missions around the world ... ....

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Petrified poop reveals what Stonehenge builders ate

East Bay Times 20 May 2022

By Katie Hunt . CNN. Ancient poop found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge revealed that the settlement’s inhabitants — who likely built the stone circle — feasted on the internal organs of cattle ... World News . ... World News . ... Radio station opens in 1922 at Claremont Hotel. World News . ... World News . ... World News ..

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Voice of America broadcast center, now a museum, countered Nazi propaganda from Cincinnati suburb

Cleveland 19 May 2022

West Chester, Ohio -- At a crucial time during World War II, Nazi Germany suddenly found itself and its propaganda opposed by a very loud and powerful voice emanating from the vicinity of Cincinnati ... Known as Bethany Station, the broadcast center operated for 50 years beginning in 1944 ... But with advancing technology, Bethany Station became obsolete.

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World's highest weather station installed on Mt. Everest

The Times of India 19 May 2022

A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the "world's highest weather station" on Mt ... in the US, consisted of acclaimed climbers and scientists, many of whom scaled the world's highest peak while installing the weather station.

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World’s highest weather station installed on Mt. Everest

The Siasat Daily 19 May 2022

A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mt ... in the US, consisted of acclaimed climbers and scientists, many of whom scaled the world’s highest peak while installing the weather station.

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WGN Radio celebrates its 100th anniversary as the ‘Voice of Chicago,’ a legacy AM station ...

The Mercury News 19 May 2022

McCormick acquired the station in 1924, changing the call letters to WGN, which stood for the “World’s Greatest Newspaper,” the slogan that adorned the Tribune’s front page ... “Not only did the station have all of the front-line talent that was really ...

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World's highest weather station installed on Mount EverestUnder the MoU, the National Geographic team will ...

Deccan Herald 19 May 2022

A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the "world's highest weather station" on Mt ... The NatGeo team, led by climate scientist Baker Perry from the Appalachian State University in the US, consisted of acclaimed climbers and scientists, many of whom scaled the world's highest peak while installing the weather station.

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BBC Radio 1 sees drop in listeners while 6 Music soars to new high

AOL 19 May 2022

Congratulations to everyone involved in making the station the success it continues to be ... “All our live stations provide millions of people with relevant, world class content so brilliantly, and we also continue to see BBC Sounds grow as listening habits evolve, particularly amongst younger audiences.”.

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BBC 6 Music posts record listening figures in 20th year

NME 19 May 2022

The radio station was launched in 2002 with a focus on alternative music ... “All our live stations provide millions of people with relevant, world-class content so brilliantly, and we also continue to see BBC Sounds grow as listening habits evolve, particularly amongst younger audiences,” she added.

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China has built nearly 1.6 million 5G base stations

Urdu Point 19 May 2022

China has built nearly 1.6 million 5G base stations at present, constituting the world's largest 5G network, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

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China, US racing to make billions from mining lunar minerals

Taipei Times 19 May 2022

“There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it,” US President Joe Biden said after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global geopolitics ... Just like in the era of Sputnik and Apollo more than half a century ago, world leaders are again racing to achieve dominance in outer space — but there is one big difference.

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Seacoast Science Center to celebrate World Ocean Day on June 5

Portsmouth Herald 19 May 2022

RYE — The Seacoast Science Center will host its World Ocean Day Celebration on Sunday, June 5 from 10 a.m ... An internationally recognized day to honor the world’s ocean and ... Environmental partners will host learning stations that teach about life in and around the ocean.

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World kite capital set to soar with rich heritage, industry advantages

People Daily 19 May 2022

The spectacle was complete with a station module and an astronaut spacewalk, all made up of a huge, complex structure of kites soaring on the wind. The China Space Station kite－put together by more than 20 craftsmen over two months and combining traditional techniques with state-of-the-art digital modeling technology－went viral online.

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After two failed attempts, Boeing’s Starliner will try again this week to reach the ISS

Popular Science 19 May 2022

During the same conference, when asked whether Russian cosmonauts would someday be invited to travel back and forth via the American service spacecrafts, Dana Weigel, deputy manager of NASA’s International Space Station program, said the agency welcomes the opportunity to shuttle space crew members from around the world.