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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in Florida
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday after a successful 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
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Let private firms run space taxis, panel told
The U.S. government should leave the business of launching cargo and people into Earth orbit to private commercial space transporters, members of a presidential panel said on Wednesday.
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Space shuttle Endeavour readies return to Earth
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday to take photographs of the orbiting research facility before final maneuvers to prepare its return home.
Spacewalkers complete Japan's laboratory complex
Two U.S. astronauts left the International Space Station on Saturday for a spacewalk to prepare the last piece of Japan's Kibo laboratory for installation on the orbital complex.
Earth bears scars of human destruction according to Thirsk
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk says he is a bit 'saddened' to see the changes in the earth since the last time he was in space 12 years ago
Astronauts launch fourth spacewalk
Two astronauts began a fourth spacewalk Friday to work on the International Space Station orbiting high above Earth, and complete tasks left undone after the last sortie was cut short.
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Barbara Yaffe
Canada's aboriginal policy gets a timely dose of common sense
Fresh thinking at last is starting to ventilate debate about aboriginal policy in this country.
Douglas Todd
Homosexuality, religion and acceptance
Canadians who thought homosexuality was no longer much of an issue in this era of legal homosexual marriage might have to think again.
Shelley Fralic
Shark Week is back, circling our insecurities
If the movie Jaws forever changed the way we think of the ocean, instilling in us a vulnerability that takes hold the moment we stick a toe in salt water, then Discovery's annual Shark Week is doing little to dispel those fears.