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Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
September 3, 2010NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
Shuttle lands at California air base
September 3, 2010NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.
iReporters watch planets, moon align
September 3, 2010Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
September 3, 2010From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.
Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
September 3, 2010Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.
Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)
September 3, 2010
AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.
UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)
September 3, 2010AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.
Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found (AP)
September 3, 2010
AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.
Why Is So Much Oil In the Gulf of Mexico? (LiveScience.com)
September 3, 2010LiveScience.com - An explosion on the Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest in a series of drilling-related disasters in the Gulf.
Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP)
September 3, 2010
AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
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