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Shuttle leaves International Space Station after 9-day mission (Science/Technology, 13 articles)
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The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the International Space Station early Wednesday as the 123rd mission of the shuttle fleet headed toward a close. The Russian-born co-creator of the internet search engine has made a $5 million ($2.5 million) down-payment to book a seat aboard a specially-built Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station in 2011. Space Adventures has already blasted five tourists into space since investment manager Dennis Tito became the world's first privately funded space flight participant in 2001. Space Adventures was the first company to succeed in the business of space tourism making it possible for millionaire enthusiasts to buy available seats from the Russian federal space agency on flights to the International Space Station. Space Adventures Ltd. said Brin had paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight. Sergey Brin has put down a $5m deposit for a flight aboard a Russian Soyuz space station. This fully dedicated private Soyuz mission, scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011, will have two seats available in the craft for space tourists. He made a $5 million investment in the company that will serve as a deposit on a future flight.
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Raloxifene Cuts Risk of Certain Type of Breast Cancer (Science/Technology, 11 articles)
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Teenagers may be more susceptible than adults to certain types of cancer, including cervical, testicular and skin cancer, British scientists said this week. Certain cancer rates rose faster among adolescents in England than in adults from 1979 to 2003, according to research presented at an international conference on teenage cancer in London. A new analysis finds that those who took raloxifene (Evista) regularly over a number of years were less likely to develop invasive estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, compared with women who did not take the drug.
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