Archive for September 5th, 2009

Astronauts take mission’s 3rd and final spacewalk (AP)

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In this image provided by NASA astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity Thursday Sept. 3, 2009 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 39-minute spacewalk, Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame) installed the new Ammonia Tank Assembly on the space station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP – Two spacewalking astronauts took on cable and antenna work at the international space station Saturday in their final trek outside, but encountered last-minute difficulty with a connector and had to leave one job undone.

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Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass. (AP)

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AP – Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two fantastic white sharks near Cape Cod ? the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.

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U.S. seeks clarity from North Korea on uranium (Reuters)

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U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth reacts as he speaks to the media before his departure from South Korea at a hotel in Seoul September 6, 2009. North Korea's pursuit of a second path to nuclear weapons by enriching uranium is a problem likely to persist and Pyongyang need to come clean about its intentions, a U.S. envoy for the reclusive state said on Sunday.  REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA MILITARY POLITICS HEADSHOT)Reuters – North Korea’s pursuit of a second path to nuclear weapons by enriching uranium is a problem likely to persist and Pyongyang needs to come clean about its intentions, a U.S. envoy for the reclusive state said on Sunday.

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