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High-resolution satellite launched in California VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond's home plate from space has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast.... China to launch space mission in late September BEIJING (AP) -- China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.... Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) -- The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday.... Cassini detects partial rings with Saturn's moons PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said Friday.... Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 DALLAS (AP) -- The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.... Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.... Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.... NASA delays Hubble mission 2 days due to storms CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA has delayed next month's space shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope by two days.... 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada TORONTO (AP) -- A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.... Israeli diggers uncover parts of ancient wall JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered new sections of Jerusalem's ancient walls, continuing a project started more than a century ago....

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