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Shuttle astronauts finishing work on space station before hatches between spacecraft closed

HOUSTON: Little work remained for shuttle Discovery's astronauts to complete aboard the international space station Tuesday before they closed the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for their return trip to Earth.

Shuttle astronauts bid farewell to space station crew

The hatches between the two spacecraft were shut at 2042 GMT after the six US astronauts and their Japanese counterpart floated back inside the shuttle ahead of their departure Wednesday morning.

Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent

theodp writes "In its just-published patent application for Network Node Ad Targeting, Google hatches plans for identifying the most influential of a circle of friends and providing this 'influencer' with 'financial incentives from advertisers in exchange for permission to display advertisements on the member's [social network] profile' (sound familiar, Jeremy?). Doing so will 'provide advertisers with the option of targeting either all members in the community or advertising only on the profile of the influencer, thereby targeting the entire community,' explains Google. Who says you can't buy friendship!"

Packing and a happy landing the next goal for astronauts

LITTLE work remained for shuttle Discovery's astronauts to do aboard the international space station yesterday before they closed the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for their return trip to Earth.

Astronauts to say good-bye to station crew

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Little work remained for shuttle Discovery's astronauts to complete aboard the international space station Tuesday before they closed the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for their return trip to Earth.

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