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Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth

BEIJING (AP) – China on Thursday said its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed the inside of the spacecraft to return to Earth, the first such attempt by any country in more than 40 years. Chang 5, the third Chinese probe into landing …

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The mystery object is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – A mysterious object orbiting Earth temporarily is a 54-year-old rocket, not the next planet, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii have its identity, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The object was classified as an asteroid after its discovery …

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Arizona’s Kelly sworn in in Senate, narrowing JOP’s edge

WAS SHINGTON (AP) – Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn in in the Senate Wednesday, narrowing the chamber’s Republican control and shifting his state from red to blue. , Kelly, 56, won the G.O.P. in last month’s election. Sen. Martha defeated Mascaly, leaving her to lose only …

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