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Bombed Beirut airport on road to restoration
Lebanese confident of return to near normal conditions by the end of August
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NewsShuttle Atlantis roll back means potential Orbiter, Soyuz docking logjam at International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis is to be rolled back to its vehicle assembly building to avoid the coming tropical storm, but it means NASA has to work to avoid space station docking conflicts with a September Soyuz launch
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis likely to be rolled back to the vehicle assembly building, Tuesday launch scrubbed
Space Shuttle Atlantis is likely to be rolled back to Kennedy Space Center's vehicle assembly building as tropical storm Ernesto closes in, with a decision to be made tomorrow
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis launch could be delayed to Tuesday
Space Shuttle Atlantis' launch could be delayed to Tuesday following today's additional analysis of Orbiter systems and the launch pad itself, which was struck by lightning on Friday 25 August
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NewsSunday Space Shuttle Atlantis launch threatened as weather closes in
Weather threatens the 2030GMT launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Sunday 27 August as lightning strikes the launch pad and the chance of prohibitive conditions on the day reaches 60%
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis is 'in excellent shape' and weather conditions 'pretty good' for a Sunday launch
NASA's test director declared Space Shuttle Atlantis "in excellent shape" and the agency's weather officer described conditions as "pretty good" for Sunday's planned launch
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Eurocontrol study reveals Europe paying €3.4bn too much for air traffic management
Europe's air traffic management suffers from so much inefficiency that it costs €3.4bn more than necessary to run, according to a Eurocontrol-commissioned study by the SESAR consortium
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NewsFlight International unmanned air vehicle (UAV) directory 2006
The rapid evolution of unmanned air vehicles is highlighted by our third annual directory, in which we have expanded the range of systems described in terms of technology and geographic regions.
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Air Berlin ups its game with DBA buy
In an unexpected move, Air Berlin has bought fellow German carrier DBA, further consolidating its position as Europe's third largest low-fare player and creating a stronger competitor to Lufthansa.