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DeCode is a small, unprofitable biotech firm founded by the genetics visionary Kari Stefansson , who left a tenured post at Harvard University to go back to Iceland and probe the genetics of an entire country.
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In 1962, the Mariner II space probe began sending back to Earth man's first information from another planet, Venus.
CNN: Monday,
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Despite valiant efforts by Roscosmos and other space agencies, the Russian probe Phobos-Grunt will be falling back to Earth over the weekend, most likely on Sunday night, according to projections by the Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies at the Aerospace Corporation.
FORBES: Failed Russian Probe Phobos-Grunt Will Fall To Earth This Weekend
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If successful, the probe will return to Earth and parachute its samples back in January 2006.
BBC: Probe set for asteroid flyby
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The deal had been expected to close in December, but a probe into walnut accounting has pushed the transaction date back.
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If that is correct, the arm, which is fitted with a scoop and a second camera, should be able to dig into it, photograph its details, and bring samples back into the main body of the probe for analysis.
ECONOMIST: Space exploration
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If that is correct, the arm, which is fitted with a scoop and a second camera, should be able to dig into the permafrost, photograph its details and bring samples back into the main body of the probe for analysis.
ECONOMIST: Exploring Mars
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There's even a chance we'll still be hearing back from the probe for its 50th anniversary -- its power could keep it chatting up to roughly 2025.
ENGADGET: NASA's Voyager 1 marks 35th anniversary of its launch, gets photo retrospective in tribute
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It would be an understatement to say there's been a long build-up to the moment when Voyager 1 ventures into interstellar space: scientists thought the probe was on the edge back in 2010, and we've been waiting for the official milestone ever since.
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