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Annular solar eclipse observed across Japan

May 21, 2012 Science & Technology

TOKYO, May 21 — An annular solar eclipse was observed Monday morning over a wide area of Japan, including major cities on the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago such as Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

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Japan observes annular solar eclipse

May 21, 2012 Science & Technology

TOKYO, May 21 — An annular solar eclipse was observed across Japan on Monday morning, including Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

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Partial solar eclipse viewed in PHL Monday morning

May 21, 2012 Science & Technology

By C. Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, May 21 — A partial solar eclipse, a rare phenomenon, was observed in the Philippines at dawn Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

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Russia successfully launched military satellite

May 18, 2012 Science & Technology

MOSCOW, May 18 — Russia successfully sent a Cosmos- series military satellite into orbit on Thursday, spokesman of the Aerospace Defense Forces Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.

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Nigeria plans to send astronauts to space by 2015

May 18, 2012 Science & Technology

ABUJA, May 18 — The Nigerian government on Thursday said the country would send astronauts to space by 2015 and launch three satellites.

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Russia launches Canadian telesat

May 18, 2012 Science & Technology

MOSCOW, May 18 — Russia has put a Canadian communications satellite into space, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Friday.

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(Lead) S. Korea set to launch multipurpose satellite

May 17, 2012 Science & Technology

SEOUL, May 17 — South Korea will launch a multipurpose satellite equipped with a high-resolution camera from a Japanese space center as planned, the government said Thursday.

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New crew docks at space station

May 17, 2012 Science & Technology

MOSCOW, May 17 — A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early on Thursday, beginning a four-month mission aboard the orbiting complex.

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S. Korea set to launch multipurpose satellite

May 17, 2012 Science & Technology

SEOUL, May 17 — South Korea is set to launch a multipurpose satellite to carry out earth observation from a space center in Japan early Friday, the government said Thursday.

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NASA lends ultraviolet space telescope to Caltech

May 17, 2012 Science & Technology

LOS ANGELES, May 17 — NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a space telescope that for the last nine years has been surveying the cosmos in ultraviolet light, to Caltech (California Institute of Technology) which will continue operating and managing it through the support of private funders.

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