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  • Death toll at least 51 in Oklahoma tornado

    Oklahoma medical examiner 's office, said 51 were confirmed dead, up from 37 fatalities reported earlier. The powerful tornado, rated the second highest strength level of EF4 and packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour, touched down at midafternoon and devastated a wide area of the town. (Reporting By Brendan O'Brien; Writing by Greg McCune; Editing by Bill ...

  • Voyage to Mars has its skeptics

    /enpproperty--> The Dutch businessman behind a planned one-way trip to Mars, which has received a flood of applicants from China, has dismissed accusations that the project is a scam. Mars One has been promoted as a manned mission to establish a human colony on the red planet. Anyone who fits the physical requirements can apply for the trip, with organizers expected to whittle the ...

  • NASA rover Curiosity drills into second Martian rock prepares to study it in detail

    PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Curiosity rover drills again. The space agency said Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard laboratories later this week for analysis. Sunday's drill was the first major activity by Curiosity since it emerged from a monthlong hiatus. The latest drill site was located about nine feet away from ...

  • Tornado rated EF4 second strongest level

    EF4 tornado can blow away a well-constructed wood or brick home. A final rating will not be known until teams have examined the damage. (Reporting by Greg McCune; Editing by Bill ...

  • European Space Agency names first Briton for space station mission

    The European Space Agency says a former army helicopter pilot is to be Britain's first official astronaut to go to the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, 41, is set for a five-month mission to the ISS in 2015 in a move being called a major boost for Britain's space industry, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Peake has been awaiting a mission assignment since graduating ...


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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Boldly Go Can Humanity Afford ‘Star Trek’-Like Space Exploration

    The public has no shortage of enthusiasm for fictional spacefarers, as this weekend's box-office win by the newest "Star Trek" film proves. Yet the real-life U.S. space agency finds itself strapped for cash these days. With federal budgets tightening and NASA feeling the pinch, some space advocates are asking, "Can ...

  • NASA to Lease Historic Launch Pad for Commercial Rocket Missions

    '); Artist's concept showing a possible layout of a commercial rocket and spacecraft positioned at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...

  • UK to send astronaut to ISS in 2015

    Major Timothy Peake is set to become the first British astronaut in space for more than 20 years. Peake, a former apache helicopter pilot with the British army, is expected to visit the International Space Station ...

  • Neil Armstrongs Heartbeat Apollo Joystick Pulled from Auction

    '); Astronaut Neil Armstrong's original electrocardiogram recording from the moment he stepped onto the moon in July 1969 is among the lots that were withdrawn from RR Auction's May 2013 ...

  • Congress to Hear Manned Mars Mission Ideas on Tuesday

    Scientists will visit Capitol Hill Tuesday (May 21) to testify before Congress about what it will take to send humans to Mars. A hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives' Science, Space and Technology Committee is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST, and will feature astronomers known for their expertise in moon ...

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