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Shuttle Lands After Record Space Station Mission

The Endeavour has landed, after completing the longest space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

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Hinode mission delves into solar mysteries

New, peer-reviewed results from the Hinode space mission (“Sunrise” in English) should help explain some long-standing mysteries of the Sun, such as the huge temperature difference between its relatively cool surface and its white-hot atmosphere, and the origins of the solar wind that blasts through the solar system and buffets planetary atmospheres.

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