[ September 1, 2016 ] Astronauts complete problem-free spacewalk Mission Reports and other top stories.

• [ September 1, 2016 ] Astronauts complete problem-free spacewalk Mission Reports

  

  Spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins are dwarfed by the International Space Station’s truss backbone during Thursday’s EVA. Credit: NASA TV Space station commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Kate Rubins completed a smooth 6-hour 48-minute spacewalk Thursday, retracting a spare cooling radiator, installing two high-definition TV cameras and inspecting a massive solar array rotation mechanism that has experience subtle vibrations in recent months. The astronauts also replaced a camer..

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• Reward to find killer of sea otters off Central Coast doubles to $20000

  

  The reward to find whoever is responsible for fatally shooting three sea otters off the Central Coast has been doubled to $20,000.On Thursday, the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity announced it would contribute to the reward announced by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this week for information leading to the capture of the shooter or shooters. The two juvenile males and one adult male otter were killed between late July and early August and washed up between Sant..

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• Engineers give new meaning to the phrase 'cool clothes'

  

  In this photo provided by Yi Cui Group/Stanford University, a small portion of a new nano fabric designed by Stanford engineers that seems to make skin feel cooler than current clothing. Engineers have created cooling clothing designed for a warming world. It’s a fabric that allows your body heat to escape far better than other materials do. (Yi Cui Group/Stanford University via AP) syndication.ap.org WASHINGTON (AP) — Engineers have created clothing for a warming wor..

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