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Obama endorses NASA hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition process

Gary McKinnon, a 43-year-old British computer hacker suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, who has been caught in an extradition battle between the U.S. and the UK over the last decade, suffered a setback on Wednesday when President Barack Obama said the case was now in the hands of the British legal system.
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Doomsday: Is it May 21, 2011 or Dec. 21, 2012

Looks like it’s the doomsday season, again, signs and newspaper ads across the U.S. and in other places around the world have been warning that the judgment day is coming, but the question remains whether it is on May 21, 2011 or December 21, 2012.

Spectrometer installed on ISS

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), worth $2 billion, was placed outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday. The device will be used to discover new forms of matter in outer space, NASA said.

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Hoisted to High Bay for Mating (PHOTOS)

NASA has rolled over space shuttle Atlantis to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for mating the shuttle with its external tank and solid rocket boosters ahead of her July mission to the International Space Station. Take a glimpse of the shuttle hoisted to the high bay for mating.

Endeavour mates with ISS for the last time

Space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for the 12th and the last time on Wednesday keeping harmony with its swansong mission, reports from NASA said.
Fan Gang, director of China's National Institute of Economic Research, listens during an interview in Hong Kong October 25, 2007.

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Final Rollover (PHOTOS)

NASA's fourth space-rated space shuttle, OV-104 Atlantis, makes its final planned move from Orbiter Processing Facility-1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The move, called rollover, is a major milestone in processing for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, targeted for early July.

Endeavour catching up with ISS prior to time

Space shuttle Endeavour is presently catching up with the International Space Station (ISS) prior to the time that was expected for the docking of the spaceship, NASA reported.

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