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New NASA Craft, With Infrared Power, Will Map the Unseen Sky

Dec. 7, 2009
NASA is scheduled on Friday to launch the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which will photograph the entire sky every six months.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler