There is a two- to three-second hiatus before it lands and explodes, and in that brief time people stop and listen - waiting to hear where it lands, hoping it is somewhere else.

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For a metro area that the FBI measures at just 38, 307, an incredibly high rate of rape (more than double the national metropolitan average) lands Fairbanks among the top three most dangerous cities for women in the United States at 193 reported rapes per 100, 000 residents.

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By the time Discovery lands on August 22, the three will have been in space more than 167 days.

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