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AP - In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make a rescue mission. The shuttle Endeavour is on standby in case the seven astronauts who go up on Atlantis next month need a safer ride home.
AFP - Ice unearthed in Canada that stayed frozen for 700,000 years, even in warmer times, should allay fears of melting permafrost venting its vast carbon stores to hasten global warming, a study said Friday.