Articles filed under Science
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Scientists find new way to kill disease-carrying mosquitoesJul 16, 2019 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Scientists say they nearly eliminated disease-carrying mosquitoes on two islands in China using a new technique. The downside: It may not be practical for lar...
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Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years laterJul 16, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Al...
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The Latest: Florida paper prints retro Apollo 11 front pageJul 16, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (all times local): 1:30 p.m. The Orlando Sentinel commemorated the 50th anni...
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SpaceX: Leaky valve caused crew capsule to explode in testJul 15, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A leaky valve caused a SpaceX crew capsule to explode during a ground test back in April, destroying the spacecraft and dealing a blow to the...
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Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenesJul 15, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon a half-century ago. That massive workforce stretched acr...
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Apollo 11's 'amiable strangers' Armstrong, Aldrin, CollinsJul 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmi...
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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another worldJul 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from pla...
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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another worldJul 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from pla...
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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another worldJul 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from pla...
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Timing put Hoffman Estates engineer on Apollo teamJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - A decade in the making, the Apollo 11 mission to land men on the moon in 1969 required precision timing. That all started in the early '60s with the central timing equip...