Patient Columbus set for voyage
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Europe hopes finally to get its space station laboratory, Columbus, into orbit this Thursday.
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The Atlantis orbiter is set to return to Earth after installing Europe's Columbus science lab on the space station.
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Astronauts placed the crown jewel of Europeâs contribution to the International Space Station into its permanent setting on Monday with the attachment of the Columbus science module.
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Flights launched in Arctic will be first to take people inside the northern lights
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Can cruise ships and nature coexist? An experiment gets under way in Cozumel to test the idea.
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A team of explorers sets sail from the US for Spain in a reed boat, aiming to prove the possibility of a pre-Columbus crossing.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what paying passengers can expect when they travel into space.
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French doctors prepare to carry out the first operation on a human in "weightless" conditions aboard an aircraft.
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By Mike Leidemann  HONOLULU -- Hawaii is scheduled to get its first regular interisland passenger ferry service in more than 25 years this summer, but the project is raising concerns among environmentalists about whale collisions, invasive species and congestion.
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Albuquerque Journal -- "What is there in thee, moon, that thou shouldst move My heart so potently?"     "Endymion," John Keats The first landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on Oct. 12, 1492, is commemorated on the second Monday of October...
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By Mike Lafferty  COLUMBUS  --  The George Dunbar left Cleveland at 6 p.m. on June 29, 1902, bound for Alpena, Mich.  Loaded with coal, the 136-foot ship rode low in the water as it steamed northwest into rough Lake Erie weather, her boilers running full steam.
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By MIKE LAFFERTY  COLUMBUS, Ohio  - The George Dunbar left Cleveland at 6 p.m. on June 29, 1902, bound for Alpena, Mich.  Loaded with coal, the 41.5-metre ship rode low in the water as it steamed northwest into rough Lake Erie weather, her boilers running full steam.
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Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what fare-paying passengers can expect when they take their ride into space.
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A ferry service has halted cruises to Canada that promised a scenic adventure and a flu shot. Clipper Navigation had been offering &quot;flu cruises&quot; since October 21, however, Darrell Bryan, executive vice-president
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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Panacos, Acadia and Encysive are ready to go.