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Daily News – Reuters Science News Headlines - Soyuz rocket blasts off from French Guiana

Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 08:51 PM PST
Soyuz rocket blasts off from French Guiana 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 08:51 PM PST
 KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A Russian-made Soyuz rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Saturday and placed into orbit an Earth observation satellite for France, space officials said. It is the fourth time that Soyuz, which first flew in 1966 and traces its roots back even further to the earliest Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles, has been launched from outside its former Soviet bases. The rocket lifted off at 11:02 p.m. (0202 GMT on Sunday) from a launch pad at Europe's space base near Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. ...
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New Dallas museum offers hands-on exploration of nature, science 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 09:51 AM PST
 DALLAS (Reuters) - At a new, $185 million science and natural history museum that opens in Dallas on Saturday, visitors will have the chance to touch a funnel cloud, program a robot and examine their own cells under a microscope. The 180,000-square-foot Perot Museum of Nature and Science - filled with the latest in high-tech gadgetry - is named in honor of Dallas billionaire businessman and two-time U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot and his wife, Margot. "Our goal here is to tell stories differently," said Steve Hinkley, the museum's vice president of programs. ...
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