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India losescontact with Moon Orbiter

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India's national space agency said that communications with its first unstaffed spacecraft to orbit the moon were lost on Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the orbiter.
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Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits

The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
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NASA launches Lunar Mission

NASA launched its first moon shot in ten years Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes from Cape Carneveral that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.
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Ban Ki-moon calls for 'green deal'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a green new deal on climate change on Thursday and urged for a final push in negotiations ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen in December.
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U.N.'s Ban urges Mugabe to free detainees

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to release detained activists and said such a move would help unlock international humanitarian support.
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UN chief to urge leaders in person on Gaza cease fire

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said he's embarking on a Mideast tour to press for Israel and Hamas to immediately stop fighting and allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian territory.
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NASA Reveals Most Incredible Moon Images Yet

NASA released new images Wednesday of the moon's south pole region, a potential landing spot for humans or robotic lunar missions, demonstrating the surface is rockier than previously thought and has peaks as high as 2.5 miles along with deep craters.
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U.N. says new report must spur climate change action

Governments must do more to fight global warming, spurred by a new U.N. scientific report and damage to nature that is already as frightening as science fiction, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.

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