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US astronauts prepare to service telescope to prolong its life
BRIEF
Parents
die saving
Fears of a Headed for Hubble
their dogs
bad harvest US astronauts are on a high- fix-up would extend the A baby girl was left orphaned
risk mission to service the stargazer’s life by another five after her parents died trying
CAMBODIA: Royal oxen Hubble telescope for the last years or longer and improve to rescue their dogs from a
performed an ancient time, prolonging the life of a its discovery capabilities by fast flowing river in Scotland.
ceremony yesterday to tool that has revolution- up to 70 times. Darren Greenan and Laura
predict the country’s ized our understanding of “Hubble has a long history of Frey were walking along the
agriculture fortunes - and the universe. providing outstanding science bank of the River Garnock in
raised fears of a low rice With rockets burning at the and beautiful pictures,” Ed Ayrshire on Sunday when
harvest by refusing to eat Kennedy Space Centre in Weiler, associate administrator their dogs went into the water.
any of the grain. Cape Canaveral, Florida, the for NASA’s Science Mission The river had been swelled
A pair of royal oxen were Atlantis space shuttle took off Directorate, said. by heavy rain and the pets got
led to seven dishes - rice, at 2.01pm on Monday with its Atlantis entered orbit eight into difficulty, prompting the
corn, beans, sesame, grass, seven-strong crew. minutes and 30 seconds after couple to leave their daughter,
water and alcohol. During its 11-day mission, lift-off, when the two booster thought to be aged about six
They were seen eating only the Atlantis crew will perform rockets used to launch it months, in her buggy and go
beans and corn, allowing five spacewalks, each lasting above the Earth’s atmosphere in after the animals.
the palace’s chief astrologer up to seven hours, to revamp broke away as planned and Emergency services were
Kang Ken to declare that Hubble with state-of-the-art fell into the Atlantic, where called to the scene when it
this year “beans and corn science instruments. they were to be recovered. emerged the couple them-
harvests will be bountiful”. Calling it a “great day to go The space shuttle is selves were in trouble.
He added that it meant the to fly”, flight director Mike scheduled for a rendezvous Frey, 30, was pulled from the
rice harvest would be only Leinbach wished the crew “a with the Hubble 563km above water but later died in hospi-
about 30 per cent of the great mission, good luck and Earth tomorrow afternoon. tal. The body of her 33-year-
expected amount. Godspeed, and see you back in “The teams here ... gave us a old partner, Greenan, was
11 days”. great vehicle, and ascent was recovered early on Monday.
“From all the crew, I can really good,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, The bodies of two dogs were
thank you,” replied comm- NASA’s associate administrator also found in the water.
ander Scott Altman. for Space Operations. Greenan’s cousin Laurie
“It has been a long time “It was a great start to a very Miller said: “He was a brilliant
coming. I know it took the work challenging mission.” guy. He swam like a fish. He
of the entire team across our Launched in 1990, Hubble is was a family man. He’d do
entire agency to bring us to this considered the greatest tool in anything for you. I can’t
point,” he added. the history of astronomy. Using believe it.”
The mission is the fifth and powerful instruments to peer A police spokesman said:
last maintenance operation to into deep space, it has “At around 10.15am the body
the Hubble before the shuttle provided profound insights of a male, thought to be
fleet is retired. If successful, into the universe through 33-year-old Darren Greenan,
the US space agency said the thousands of photographs. LIFT-OFF: Atlantis rockets into space for its 11-day mission was recovered.”
Dirty dad has refused to wash for 35 years
An Indian man who fathered beside a bonfire, smokes The grocery store that he “I’ll end this vow only when
seven daughters has not marijuana and says prayers used to own closed when all problems confronting the
washed for 35 years in an to Lord Shiva, according to customers stopped nation end,” he said.
apparent attempt to ensure the Hindustan Times. shopping there due to his But his neighbours said
his next child is a boy. “It’s just like using water to “unhealthy personality”. there was another reason for
Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh take a bath,” Kalau said. Kalau, who wears two Kalau’s washing boycott.
replaces bathing and Kalau, 63, said: “I still don’t pullovers through the Indian “A seer once told Kalau that
brushing his teeth with a remember how it all began.” summer, said his pledge not if he does not take a bath, he
‘fire bath’ every evening Kalau’s hygiene regime has to wash was a commitment would be blessed with a
when he stands on one leg taken its toll on his work life. to the “national interest”. male child,” one man said.
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