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Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo ll mission commander, at the modular equipment storage assembly (MESA) of the Lunar Module 'Eagle'
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. took the photograph with a Hasselblad 70mm camera. Most photos from the Apollo 11 mission show Buzz Aldrin. This is one of only a few that show Neil Armstrong (some of these are blurry).
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Apollo 11 mission
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View of lunar surface after Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) completion with the United States flag and TV camera
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Note the difference between the darker, heavily disturbed soil around the camera, and the undisturbed light soil where Armstrong and Aldrin did not set foot.
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gNEWS - 30. Jahrestag: Am 28.1.1986 explodiert die Raumfähre Challender nach dem Start
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STS-7 mission specialist, Sally K. Ride on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger
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Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.
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gNEWS - 30. Jahrestag: Am 28.1.1986 explodiert die Raumfähre Challender nach dem Start
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Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-7 mission
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Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.
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gNEWS - 30. Jahrestag: Am 28.1.1986 explodiert die Raumfähre Challender nach dem Start
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STS-7 mission specialist, Sally K. Ride on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger
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Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.
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PEOPLE - Elton John, the Northcliffe Collection
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Feb 14, 1985 - London, United Kingdom - The wedding reception following the wedding of Lee Everett, 46, and John Alkin, 35, at the London Spiritual Mission in Bayswater. The best man was her ex-husband Kenny Everett, seen with the couple and Elton John and his wife Renata.
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PEOPLE - Elton John, the Northcliffe Collection
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Feb 14, 1985 - London, United Kingdom - A Fish and Chip Restaurant for the Wedding Reception of Former Lee Everet (46) and Actor John Alkin (35) Who Wed at the London Spiritual Mission, Bayswater. The Bride's Ex-Husband, Entertainer Kenny Everett (Left) was the Bestman. With them Are Singer Elton John and His Wife Renata, Also Celebrating the First Anniversary of their wedding.
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'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' FILM PREMIERE, LOS ANGELES, AMERICA - MAY 1996
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'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' FILM PREMIERE, LOS ANGELES, AMERICA - MAY 1996
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PRINCESS DIANA VISITING SWAMINARAYAN MISSION HINDU TEMPLE IN NEASDEN, LONDON, BRITAIN - 1997
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PRINCESS DIANA VISITING SWAMINARAYAN MISSION HINDU TEMPLE IN NEASDEN, LONDON, BRITAIN - 1997
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NEWS - Astronaut John Glenn im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
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Washington, DC - July 4, 1997 - Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. relaxes aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph following his pioneering Earth-orbital mission.
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NEWS - Astronaut John Glenn im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
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Washington, DC - July 8, 1997 - Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. pilot of the MA-6 mission, dons his spacesuit for his flight in "Friendship - 7" on February 20, 1962.
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NEWS - Astronaut John Glenn im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
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United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr. (Democrat of Ohio), payload specialist, works with the Advanced Organic Separation (ADSEP) experiment inside the Spacehab facility onboard Discovery from October 29 - November 7, 1998. Sen. Glenn joined five astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for the nine-day STS-95 mission in Earth orbit.
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NEWS - Astronaut John Glenn im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
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At the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, poses with his wife Annie before their return flight to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The STS-95 mission ended with landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 12:04 p.m. EST on Nov. 7. The STS-95 crew also includes Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr.; Pilot Steven W. Lindsey; Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski; Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson; Mission Specialist Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The mission included research payloads such as the Spartan-201 solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process.
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PEOPLE: Happy Birthday: Elke Sommer wird am 5.11. 75 Jahre alt
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Inger Lisa Anderson (ELKE SOMMER) vergißt in den Armen ihres Auftraggebners Andrew Craig (PAUL NEWMAN) für einen kurzen Augenblick ihre Mission.
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Dragon fire
Dragon fire.
SpaceXÕs Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spits fire as it lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 23 April at 05:49 local time. On board are ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
The crew of four spent around 23 hours orbiting Earth and catching up with the International Space Station after their launch before docking to the Node-2 Harmony module, marking the start of ESAÕs six-month mission Alpha.
Thomas is the first European to be launched to space on a US spacecraft in over a decade. The new Crew Dragon ships four astronauts at a time, allowing more people to live and work on the International Space Station doing more research for scientists on Earth.
Alpha is ThomasÕ second space mission, and everything is set to be bigger and brighter. A Russian laboratory module, scheduled to arrive in the summer with a European robotic arm, will offer more ways of maintaining the International Space Station and supporting spacewalkers as they work outside. Thomas will help set up this arm and prepare it for use during the Alpha mission.
Over 200 international experiments are planned during ThomasÕ time in space. Of the 40 European ones, 12 are new experiments led by the French space agency CNES.
At the end of the Alpha mission in October, Thomas will take over commander of the International Space Station for a brief period and welcome ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer on his first flight to space.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 PREMIERE AT THE EMPIRE LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON
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ANGELINA JOLIE AT 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 - FILM ' PREMIERE AT THE EMPIRE LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 PREMIERE AT THE EMPIRE LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON
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This image shows a dark interstellar cloud ravaged by the passage of Merope, one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Just as a torch beam bounces off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light from the surface of pitch-black clouds
The Hubble Space Telescope has caught the eerie, wispy tendrils of a dark interstellar cloud being destroyed by the passage of one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Like a flashlight beam shining off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light off the surface of pitch black clouds of cold gas laced with dust. These are called reflection nebulae.
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'OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM' - OCT 2001
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An Air Force B-52 bomber from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing takes off from Diego Garcia for a combat mission Oct. 22, 2001, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Air Force B-2, B-1 and B-52 bombers have expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan.
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Space embrace
Space embrace.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity’s only outpost in space, this obedience has turned into cooperation. Astronauts and robots are working together.
The latest robot to service the International Space Station is the European Robotic Arm (ERA). This android automaton is much like a human arm. It has an elbow, shoulders and even wrists, and it the first robot able to ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the Space Station.
The arm will be launched into space together with the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, called ‘Nauka’, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on 15 July 2021 at 19:18 CEST.
ESA astronaut André Kuipers is seen in this picture during his first space mission in 2004, with a scale model of the European Robotic Arm. The real thing has a length of over 11 m, and has the ability to anchor itself to the Station in multiple locations, moving backwards and forwards with a large range of motion.
“I am happy to see the European Robotic Arm fly next month. It was a real pleasure to help prepare this fantastic piece of robotics for its duties on the International Space Station”, says André, who trained under water with a real-size model of the robot at Star City, in Russia, before his spaceflight.
Astronauts will find in ERA a most valuable ally – it will save them precious time to do other work in space. ERA will transfer payloads from inside to outside the International Space Station, but it will also help spacewalkers by transporting them around like a cherry-picker crane.
The crew can control ERA from both inside and outside the Space Station, a feature that no other robotic arm has offered before. The robotic arm can perform many tasks automatically, and (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
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FEATURE - "Swim Call" - Matrosen hüpfen zu hunderten von ihren Navy-Schiffen
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ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 5, 2012) Sailors jump from an aircraft elevator during a swim call aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support mission as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The U.S. Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U.S. interests around the globe. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)
U.S. Navy 'swim calls' - 2016
When you're job is sailing the seas, the World is your swimming pool.
These amazing pictures show sailors and marines from the U.S. Navy taking part in what they call 'swim calls'.
Most recently pictured earlier this month (Feb) are those cooling off by jumping from into the Indian Ocean from guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam.
With the ship anchored, Swim Calls are seen as a refreshing break from the job of keeping high-tech battleships running.
The activity often occurs in warm foreign waters, such as the Mediterranean, Arabian and South China seas, the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Suffice to say, there will be people tasked with shark watch, from the ship and rigid-hulled inflatable boats.
Swimmers are able to clamber back onto the ship via landing docks or by climbing cargo nets.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9AwCeXypRLY
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FEATURE - "Swim Call" - Matrosen hüpfen zu hunderten von ihren Navy-Schiffen
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LAE, Papua New Guinea (May 25, 2011) Military personnel and civilians embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7) swim during a morale, welfare and recreation swim call. Cleveland is the primary platform for Pacific Partnership 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that completed its mission in Tonga and Vanuatu, and will visit Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell/Released)
U.S. Navy 'swim calls' - 2016
When you're job is sailing the seas, the World is your swimming pool.
These amazing pictures show sailors and marines from the U.S. Navy taking part in what they call 'swim calls'.
Most recently pictured earlier this month (Feb) are those cooling off by jumping from into the Indian Ocean from guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam.
With the ship anchored, Swim Calls are seen as a refreshing break from the job of keeping high-tech battleships running.
The activity often occurs in warm foreign waters, such as the Mediterranean, Arabian and South China seas, the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Suffice to say, there will be people tasked with shark watch, from the ship and rigid-hulled inflatable boats.
Swimmers are able to clamber back onto the ship via landing docks or by climbing cargo nets.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9AwCeXypRLY
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FEATURE - "Swim Call" - Matrosen hüpfen zu hunderten von ihren Navy-Schiffen
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LAE, Papua New Guinea (May 25, 2011) Military personnel and civilians embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7) swim during a morale, welfare and recreation swim call. Cleveland is the primary platform for Pacific Partnership, a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that completed its mission in Tonga and Vanuatu, and will visit Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell/Released)
U.S. Navy 'swim calls' - 2016
When you're job is sailing the seas, the World is your swimming pool.
These amazing pictures show sailors and marines from the U.S. Navy taking part in what they call 'swim calls'.
Most recently pictured earlier this month (Feb) are those cooling off by jumping from into the Indian Ocean from guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam.
With the ship anchored, Swim Calls are seen as a refreshing break from the job of keeping high-tech battleships running.
The activity often occurs in warm foreign waters, such as the Mediterranean, Arabian and South China seas, the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Suffice to say, there will be people tasked with shark watch, from the ship and rigid-hulled inflatable boats.
Swimmers are able to clamber back onto the ship via landing docks or by climbing cargo nets.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9AwCeXypRLY
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ESA’s wandering eye.
ESAÕs wandering eye. Sitting 2400 m above sea level on the volcanic island of Tenerife, Spain, ESAÕs Optical Ground Station keeps watch on the skies.
The 1-m telescope nestled within the dome on the left of this image, spends its time surveying EarthÕs local environment for artificial debris objects, testing different strategies for observing risky asteroids (near-Earth objects) as well as testing and commissioning optical communication satellites. (The telescope is also used for quantum key distribution and feeder-link experiments.)
Part of the larger Teide Observatory, the optical ground station can detect artificial debris objects as small as 10-cm travelling in the Ôgeostationary ringÕ Ð a volume of space that comprises all geostationary orbits suitable for practical use, and one of the most valuable regions in space for telecommunications and Earth observation.
The search for fragments in the geostationary ring and a better knowledge of the current debris population are crucial to understand its future evolution, to assess the risk of collisions, and to define suitable and cost-efficient mitigation measures.
ESAÕs Space Safety activities are underpinned by such accurate data from observatories around the globe, not only on space debris and asteroids but on our energetic Sun.
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Nunavut, Canada - 13 Aug 2006
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Nine crosses mark the memorial in Alerti for crew members of a Royal Canadian Airforce Lancaster bomber who died when the plane crashed on a supply mission to the Arctic weather station at Alert on July 31, 1950.
Nunavut, Canada - 13 Aug 2006
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Nunavut, Canada - 13 Aug 2006
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The plaque on the memorial for the crew of a Canadian Armed Forces Hercules in Alert. Five men died when the plane crashed while on a supply mission to the Arctic weather station on Ocotber 30, 1991.
Nunavut, Canada - 13 Aug 2006
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Vega VV20
Launch of Vega VV20 on 16 November 2021, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying three CERES Earth observation satellites.
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Afghanistan Operation Achilles
Private Joshua Hancock and the rest of the 82nd Airborne, 1/508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Alpha Company, Third Platoon spend another day waiting on an isolated ridgetop for a new mission in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on Thursday, March 29, 2007. The increase in suicide bombings and violence against foreign media and aid workers in Afghanistan point to a resurgence in Taliban activity in the region. Taliban operatives have made recent attempts on the lives of both U.S. vice president Dick Cheney and the American ambassador to Afghanistan. President Karzai?s decision to swap Taliban prisoners for kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo has concerned international observers who feel that, not only does the choice weaken the Afghan governmental authority, it poses a dilemma for the embattled Afghan president who did not negotiate the release of two Afghan men who were kidnapped along with Mastrogiacomo. The decision makes working in rural areas, especially in southern regions bordering Pakistan, even more dangerous for foreign workers who will from now on be seen as leverage. According to military sources Taliban operatives operate out of isolated regions along, and across, the border with Pakistan. Pakistan has been pressured by both Afghanistan and the international community at large to crack down on Taliban operatives living and working in Pakistani territory. The hostage exchange only further confuses diplomatic relations between the two countries. Of the few arrested by Pakistani authorities and turned over to the Afghan government, one was recently released in exchange for Mastrogiacomo. The line between the two countries, and between war and peace, may prove to be untenable. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Afghanistan Operation Achilles
Wracked by dysentery after sharing tea with an Afghan, Private Dan Burris of the 82nd Airborne's, 1/508, Alpha Co., Third Platoon, tries to recover in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 7, 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Afghanistan Operation Achilles
Private Corey Guthrie takes a break from advancing through Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 7, 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Afghanistan Operation Achilles
The 82nd Airborne's 1/508, Alpha Co., Third Platoon walks past a dead Afghan shot by British troops in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 7, 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Afghanistan Operation Achilles
Lieutenant Dan Rix leads the 82nd Airborne's 1/508, Alpha Co., Third Platoon through Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 7, 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Out of the Dust - A Life in Afghanistan, by Hans Stakelbeek
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- ISAF troops in Afghanistan. After the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, the international community declared war on terrorism. The terrorists responsible for the attacks in the USA were members of the Al Qaida network, led by Osama Bin Laden. Since Al Qaida had close ties with the Taliban in Afghanistan, the United States and Great Britain launched operation Enduring Freedom, and succeeded in toppling their regime. Shortly after that, ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) was launched under the auspices of NATO, and with a UN mandate. The aim of the mission was to help the interim government maintain security and the Afghan people rebuild their country., By February 2008, more than 40 countries were participating in ISAF, with a total of 35,000 troops. The Dutch contribution varies from 1500 to 2000 soldiers. The Netherlands is active throughout Afghanistan, helping the Afghans restore the education system, improve healthcare services and build a system of government. The Dutch effort in the south of the country has the highest profile, because that is where our troops are stationed. The Netherlands shares responsibility for the province of Uruzgan with Australia. The Dutch forces started building bases in Tarin Kowt (Camp Hadrian) and Deh Rawood (Kamp Holland) in the spring of 2006.
Out of the Dust ¿ Life in Afghanistan, by Hans Stakelbeek- 2007
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OUT OF THE DUST - LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN
A powerful collection of images of everyday life in Afghanistan will be displayed for the first time in the UK in a new exhibition this summer.
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USA Discovery Launch
Terri Morris, left, and Barry Lopez of Gilbert, Arizona watch as the Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, FL, Tuesday, July 26, 2005. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/WpN) ***No Tabloid Sales, No USA Magazine Sales***
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FEATURE - Sieger des Wettbewerbs "Bestes Bild unseres Planeten"
STORY COPY: What’s the best picture of Earth ever?
That’s the question NASA’s Earth Observatory is asking in a visually arresting contest they have called Tournament Earth 2020.
Since 1999, Earth Observatory has published over 16,000 images, so to celebrate their 20th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, they want the public to pick their all-time best image.
Readers will narrow the field from 32 nominees down to one champion in a five-round knockout-style tournament. Pictures have been chosen under the categories: Past Winners, Home Planet, Land & Ice, and Sea & Sky. These will go head-to-head each week from March 23 to April 28, 2020, when a tournament winner will be announced.
NASA Earth Observatory is an online publishing outlet for NASA which was created in 1999. It is the principal source of satellite imagery and other scientific information pertaining to the climate and the environment which are being provided by NASA for consumption by the general public.
This view of Earth from space is a fusion of science and art, drawing on data from multiple satellite missions and the talents of NASA scientists and graphic artists.
When: 09 Oct 2007
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Earth’s evil twin
EarthÕs evil twin. Appearances can be deceiving. This thick, cloud-rich atmosphere rains sulphuric acid and below lie not oceans but a baked and barren lava-strewn surface. Welcome to Venus.
The second planet from the Sun is often coined EarthÕs Ôevil twinÕ on account of it being almost the same size but instead plagued with a poisonous atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a sweltering 470¼C surface. Its high pressure and temperature is hot enough to melt lead and destroy the spacecraft that dare to land on it. Thanks to its dense atmosphere, it is even hotter than planet Mercury, which orbits closer to the Sun.
ESAÕs Venus Express studied the planet from orbit between 2006 and 2014, providing the most in-depth studies of its atmospheric circulation to date. This false-colour image was taken in ultraviolet light with the Venus Monitoring Camera on 23 July 2007. It shows a view of the southern hemisphere from equator (right) to the pole (left) from a distance of 35 000 km from the surface of the planet.
Scientists think that Venus once looked a lot like Earth, but underwent an irreversible climate change that is often used as an extreme example of what happens in a runaway greenhouse effect.
The main source of heat in the Solar System is the SunÕs energy, which warms a planetÕs surface up, and then the planet radiates energy back into space. An atmosphere traps some of the outgoing energy, retaining heat Ð the so-called greenhouse effect. It is a natural phenomenon that helps regulate a planetÕs temperature. If it werenÕt for greenhouse gases like water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, EarthÕs surface temperature would be about 30 degrees cooler than its present +15¼C average.
Over the past centuries, humans have altered this natural balance on Earth, strengthening the greenhouse effect since the dawn of industrial activity by contributing additional carbon dioxide (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster with son Alastair in Auckland, New Zealand - 20 Feb 2008
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Rod Stewart needing a helping hand to get up after his two concert nights in Auckland with Penny Lancaster and son Alastair on Mission Bay Beach
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster with son Alastair in Auckland, New Zealand - 20 Feb 2008
Devoted Penny Lancaster might tell her 63-year-old husband ?You Wear It Well? but after a night on stage it?s not surprising if Rod Stewart sometimes needs a helping hand. And luckily for him faithful Penny, 36, was right there to pull him safely to his feet. Rod and Penny lazed on the sand in Auckland as they took son Alastair, 2, to a local playground. ?He?d done two shows in a row and he looked knackered? said an onlooker. ?Little Alastair was haring around in the playground but Rod just sat on a bench or the beach with Penny.? Despite his split from Auckland girl Rachel Hunter, Rod still has a legion of fans in the city and packed out the 12,000 seat Vector Arena two nights running. Rod and his family are now on their way to Brisbane, Australia, for the next leg of his tour.
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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster with son Alastair in Auckland, New Zealand - 20 Feb 2008
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Rod Stewart needing a helping hand to get up after his two concert nights in Auckland with Penny Lancaster and son Alastair on Mission Bay Beach
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster with son Alastair in Auckland, New Zealand - 20 Feb 2008
Devoted Penny Lancaster might tell her 63-year-old husband ?You Wear It Well? but after a night on stage it?s not surprising if Rod Stewart sometimes needs a helping hand. And luckily for him faithful Penny, 36, was right there to pull him safely to his feet. Rod and Penny lazed on the sand in Auckland as they took son Alastair, 2, to a local playground. ?He?d done two shows in a row and he looked knackered? said an onlooker. ?Little Alastair was haring around in the playground but Rod just sat on a bench or the beach with Penny.? Despite his split from Auckland girl Rachel Hunter, Rod still has a legion of fans in the city and packed out the 12,000 seat Vector Arena two nights running. Rod and his family are now on their way to Brisbane, Australia, for the next leg of his tour.
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
NGOs are tackling problems of ground water pollution and water contamination in the Mae La refugee camp. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
NGOs are tackling problems of ground water pollution and water contamination in the Mae La refugee camp. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Members of French NGO Solidarites at work building new latrines to replace old insalubrious ones at the Mae La refugee camp. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, like Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
NGOs are tackling problems of ground water pollution and water contamination in the Mae La refugee camp. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Over 25 years, Mae La camp has developed its own economy with craftsmen and women, small shops and restaurants open for business. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Over 25 years, Mae La camp has developed its own economy with people doing small-scale farming, craftsmen and women, small shops and restaurants open for business. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Over 25 years, Mae La camp has developed its own economy with craftsmen and women, small shops and restaurants open for business. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Over 25 years, Mae La camp has developed its own economy with people raising animals, craftsmen and women, small shops and restaurants open for business. Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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THAILAND: Mae La camp for Burmese refugees
Located on Thailand's western border near the town of Mae Sot, the Mae La camp for Burmese refugees was set up in 1984. Refugees from the Karen people persecuted by the Junta in Myanmar made the camp's population swell to 50,000. Today the camp has 43,000 inhabitants within its 2km2 area. Overcrowding means hygiene and sanitation conditions are poor in the camp, and has led to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. NGOs, such as French organisation Solidarites, are active in Mae La, working on improving conditions. Mae La, THAILAND-05/2008 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, America - 15 Mar 2009
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Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata is helped with his boots as he puts on his launch-and-entry suit
Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, America - 15 Mar 2009
The STS-119 mission is the 28th to the International Space Station and the 125th space shuttle flight. Discovery will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. Installation of S6 will signal the station's readiness to house a six-member crew for conducting increased science
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Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, America - 15 Mar 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 871482b )
The crew members of the STS-119 mission stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building
Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, America - 15 Mar 2009
The STS-119 mission is the 28th to the International Space Station and the 125th space shuttle flight. Discovery will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. Installation of S6 will signal the station's readiness to house a six-member crew for conducting increased science
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Robert Mcnamara Dies Aged 93 - 06 Jul 2009
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FORMER PENTAGON CHIEF ROBERT MCNAMARA DIES
Former US defence secretary Robert McNamara has died at the age of 93.
He died in his sleep at his home in Washington DC after suffering failing health for some time.
McNamara held the position of defence secretary during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, serving under presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson.
He was also an architect of the US policy of nuclear deterrence.
Before becoming Pentagon chief in 1961, McNamara was the president of Ford Motor Company, turning the company around in the post World War II era.
After leaving the Pentagon he went on became president of the World Bank.
When he left office he was the longest-serving US defence secretary.
He is most famously associated with his role as key architect of the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1968.
This left him the target on many anti-war critics and later, in his memoirs, he wrote of his regret over his role in the war.
Following his retirement from the World Bank in the early 80s he also championed the cause of nuclear disarmament.
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