SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

Monday, November 28, 2005 TacSat-1 spacecraft, which was supposed to be the successor to the Falcon I SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 …

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Greek debt deal reached

Saturday, March 27, 2010 A meeting in Brussels has produced a plan, supported by all 16 countries in the eurozone, to make available up to 22 billion euros in financing to support Greece, which is laden with debt. The deal would come into force only if Greece was unable to …

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Category:Internet

This is the category for the Internet, a global network of computer networks. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 9 February 2023: Pakistan reverses block on Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia 12 September 2022: Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks 5 July 2021: Ransomware attack hits over 200 US companies, …

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the …

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Queues form outside struggling UK bank; calm urged

Saturday, September 15, 2007 Queues forming outside a Northern Rock branch in Brighton, East Sussex.Image: Dominic Alves. Nervous savers have re-formed queues this morning outside many branches of Northern Rock, after the £2.68 billion bank took an emergency loan from the Bank of England, the UK central bank. Shares in …

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