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Broken Toilet is Fixed on a Crowded Space Station

Jul. 20, 2009
A toilet pump in the American laboratory on the International Space Station broke Sunday, contaminating part of the system, but it was repaired on Monday.
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MOSCOW, June 24 (UPI) -- Russia successfully launched a space freighter Saturday that carries supplies for the International Space Station. The Progress M-57 freighter, propelled by a Soyuz rocket, was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported.

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic