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Cosmos 1 - First Solar Sail Spacecraft to be Launched on Tuesday

On June 21, Cosmos 1 - the world's first solar sail spacecraft - is set to launch atop a converted ICBM from a submerged Russian submarine in the Barents Sea. The data obtained during the flight of Cosmos 1 w ...

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Progress Cargo Craft Safely Docks With ISS

An unpiloted Russian Progress cargo ship with more than two tons of supplies and equipment, including food, water and fuel, docked early Sunday with the International Space Station (ISS). Interruption of ...

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Camera phones boost telco industry but raise security, privacy concerns

by Roberto Coloma SINGAPORE, June 19 (AFP) - Smile, you're on candid telephone! Digital camera-equipped mobile phones that can take high-quality pictures and video clips stole the show at CommunicAsia, the region's large ...

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Airline seat as personalized in-flight office

by Christina Mackenzie LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (AFP) - Chatting on a cell phone, surfing the Net from a laptop and watching video-on-demand will soon all become part of the standard flying experience, even in economy ...

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