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Spain to uncover secrets of the universe with huge telescope

July 24, 2009
Spain to uncover secrets of the universe with huge telescope

View of the Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world’s largest infra-red telescope taken at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Island of La Palma Friday Spain is set to inaugurate a huge telescope on the Canary Islands on Friday, billed as the world’s biggest scope for visible and infrared light and set to [...]

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U.S. shuttle Atlantis lifts off on mission to upgrade Hubble Space Telescope

May 12, 2009
U.S. shuttle Atlantis lifts off on mission to upgrade Hubble Space Telescope

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Monday with seven-member crew onboard from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a mission to upgrade the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a mission to NASA’s Hubble Telescope from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...