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This combination of pictures courtesy of NASA and created on June 12, 2019, shows (from top L) NASA astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson posing on September 14, 2007, Jessica U. Meir posing on January 24, 2014, Christina H. Koch posing on January 10, 2014, Kathleen Rubins posing on November 17, 2015, Sunita L. Williams posing on July 31, 2018, K. Megan McArthur on December 13, 2007, Shannon Walker posing on March 2, 2010, Tracy Caldwell Dyson posing on January 21, 2010, Jeanette J. Epps posing on September 30, 2009, Anne C. McClain posing on January 16, 2014, Nicole Aunapu Mann posing on January 13, 2014 and Serena M. Aunon-Chancellor posing on October 2, 2009. - Who will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, NASA plans to return to the Moon by 2024 as a "proving ground" to test the next generation of spacecraft ahead of an eventual crewed mission to Mars. (Photos by NASA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)

Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?

By Agence France-Presse Who will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, NASA plans to…

15 Jun 2019 - 10:42 am
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Pictured from left to right are: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collinsm and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin (AFP Photo/HO / MANILA BULLETIN)

To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown

By Agence France-Presse The first four days of Apollo 11's journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before…

14 Jun 2019 - 10:49 am
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Researchers discovered ten wooden braziers (or burners) containing stones with obvious burning traces from eight exhumed tombs at the site (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/AFP / Xinhua Wu / MANILA BULLETIN)

High spirits: study finds cannabis first used in Central Asian funerals

By Agence France-Presse At a burial site high in the Pamir Mountains, music from an ancient harp and the smell of burning cannabis and juniper…

13 Jun 2019 - 9:28 am
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Buboy the ‘Pinoy Hachiko’ dies from injuries sustained in highway accident

By Hanah Tabios Barely a month after the death of his owner, Buboy, the viral dog dubbed as the “Pinoy Hachiko” died on Wednesday after…

12 Jun 2019 - 8:55 pm
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The International Space Station does not belong to NASA -- it was built along with Russia starting in 1998, and other countries participate in the mission and send up astronauts (NASA/AFP/File / HO / MANILA BULLETIN)

NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020

By Agence France-Presse NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism -- with stays priced at…

08 Jun 2019 - 9:35 am
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The dead animals are believed to be part of a herd of 30 elephants from the nearby forest reserve (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)

Three elephants found poisoned in Malaysia

By Agence France-Presse Three elephants were poisoned to death near a palm oil plantation in Malaysia, officials said Friday, in the latest case of the…