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2008-10-12 07:46:00

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott will blast off into space aboard a Russian spaceship on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. Garriott, who paid $35

2008-10-12 04:27:00

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The financial crisis and slumping economic activity are threatening Europe's ambitious plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions, with governments eager to avoid saddling companies with additional burdens. "The Germans are giving up and the

2008-10-12 00:52:00

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott will blast off into space aboard a Russian spaceship on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. Garriott, who paid $35

2008-10-11 22:22:00

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Richard Garriott, who is set to become the first American to follow his astronaut father into space on Sunday, hopes to be able to recoup the 30 million dollars he paid for the experience. "I am trying to demonstrate with my f

2008-10-11 17:47:26

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist. Richard Garriott, a U.S. compu

2008-10-11 00:42:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US space agency NASA said Friday it still plans to launch an ambitious mission to Mars late next year despite technical hurdles and budget difficulties. The mission aims to send a car-sized robotic rover, called the Mars Science Laborat

2008-10-10 06:15:00

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - After earning millions of dollars creating computer fantasy games, Richard Garriott decided to fulfill a childhood dream of his own by flying into space aboard a Russian rocket. "I have been working for decades on this," Garri

2008-10-10 01:56:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A type of dry glue based on the sticky limbs of geckos has been developed, far exceeding the capabilities of the gravity-defying lizards, according to a study published Thursday. The new adhesive is three times more powerful than previo

2008-10-09 22:09:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place, ecologists argue in this week's issue of Science. In a rare study on the impact of

2008-10-09 19:36:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Google-sponsored satellite has beamed its first picture back to Earth in a successful test of a camera that will supply images for the Internet giant's free online map and navigation services. The high-resolution color image from GeoE