For the rest of Thursday, ground controllers plan to send Dragon on a wide loop around the space station, maintaining a separation of several miles as the spacecraft zips above and then falls behind the station.

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"NYC Loop combines a beautiful, contemporary payphone with a uniquely tailored public space that can be chosen to suit New York's diverse communities, " said the NYC LOOP team.

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The loop was seen using the European space telescope XMM-Newton to study it in X-ray wavelengths.

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The iconic design of NYC Loop and the relationship of its public space units to the city's neighborhoods will become an integral part of New York City's urban identity.

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Industry experts say the wide loop Dragon is supposed to take around the space station, followed by various other maneuvers, could be a problem if the capsule burns more fuel than anticipated.

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The firm and its architect, NBBJ, looked at how fast people can walk and measured the diameter of the space from multiple angles. (An "infinity-loop"-shaped pathway slopes through the building, connecting employees to each other.) In addition, the floor plan is narrower than typical offices, keeping teams in sight range of one another.

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Indeed, theorists working on loop quantum gravity think that matter itself is merely the result of twisting and braiding ribbons of space-time.

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Finding space for himself among a posse of defenders outside the box, his snapshot took a wicked deflection off Pique to loop high past a flailing Casillas.

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