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Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods : Questions have swirled online about the process being behind the historic rainfall – but experts say it’s not ...
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Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods
Quick Glance: Cloud Seeding and the Record-Breaking Rains in Dubai
  • Record-breaking rainfall in the UAE has caused widespread flooding.

  • Experts speculate that cloud seeding may have contributed to this unprecedented weather event.

  • Cloud seeding is a technique where special salt flares are burned in clouds to stimulate rain.

  • While cloud seeding is practiced in many countries, some scientists remain cautious about its long-term impacts.
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Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists: Sharp increase in temperatures over past year has surprised many scientists
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Quick Glance: Global Record: Warmest March Ever
  • Last month marked the warmest March globally on record and the tenth consecutive month with new temperature records for respective months.

  • According to a report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the EU's climate monitoring service, global temperatures in March surpassed the pre-industrial average for that month from 1850 to 1900 by 1.68°C and were 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for March. The previous month also exceeded the previous March record by 0.10°C set in 2016.

  • The global average temperature from April 2023 to March 2024 is now the highest on record, standing at 1.58°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

  • In Europe, temperatures in March 2024 were 2.12°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with significantly above-average temperatures observed in central and eastern Europe.
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Drone Pilot Named Marine Aviator of the Year: For the first time, a drone pilot, Major Shane Gentry, has been named the Marine Aviator of the Year.
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Drone Pilot Named Marine Aviator of the Year
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and ...
Quick Glance: Scottish Government Abandons 'World-Leading' Climate Target
  • The Scottish Government has abandoned its “world-leading” target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the climate change target “better reflects the reality of long-term climate policymaking”.

  • Scotland will move away from legally binding annual targets to a five-yearly carbon budget approach.

  • A new package of climate action measures was announced, including tripling the number of charging points for electric vehicles and exploring a new integrated ticketing system for public transport in Scotland.
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Eve Receives Order For Up to 50 Electric Air Taxis From Japan’s AirX: The Brazilian manufacturer says it now has letters of intent for nearly 3 ...
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Eve Receives Order For Up to 50 Electric Air Taxis From Japan’s AirX
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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall, massive flooding, hits desert nation
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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ...
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Never so early: First hot day of the year measured: BRUCK ON THE MUR. A day above 30 degrees is considered a hot day. This mark was broken today in Styria ...
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Never so early: First hot day of the year measured
Quick Glance: Leipzig experiences warmest April 6: Temperature record broken from 1961
  • Warm air and sunshine brought Saxony unusually warm weather in April.

  • Leipzig and other regions broke temperature records, with readings exceeding 25 degrees.

  • Despite Saharan dust and clouds, the warm weather persisted, caused by High 'Olli' and Storm 'Timea'.

  • Cooler temperatures are expected from mid-week, ranging between 10 and 15 degrees, with occasional light rain.
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum reserve in sweeping win for climate advocates
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum ...
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What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane?: There has been much chronicled about transitioning from piston airplanes to jets ...
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What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane?
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UAE Witnesses Highest Rainfall in 75 Years: According to a statement released by the National Center of Meteorology, the United Arab Emirates experienced the ...
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UAE Witnesses Highest Rainfall in 75 Years
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Winter likely to be much warmer than normal but La Nina could be coming: Much of Australia is likely in for one of the warmest winters on record ...
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Winter likely to be much warmer than normal but La Nina could be coming
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Earth has its warmest March on record, beating 2023's milestone: Global average temperatures are running hotter than last year, which was the globe's ...
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Earth has its warmest March on record, beating 2023's milestone
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Ohio GA Airport Beats with a Heart of Steel: An Ohio couple has invested time and money into improving Phillipsburg Airport for their aviation sales business and ...
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Ohio GA Airport Beats with a Heart of Steel
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"Climate lie": ORF rejects Baumgartner's statements about Wadsak: Felix Baumgartner accused ORF meteorologists of "climate lies". ORF warns of insult, defamation ...
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Jane Fonda’s advice to people depressed about the future: Get involved: Jane Fonda knows what it feels like to worry about the future.
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Jane Fonda’s advice to people depressed about the future: Get involved
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Reenacting Bombing Missions in an F-117 Nighthawk: I’ve come here to the remote Nevada desert to fly one of the most iconic top-secret aircraft of all time: the ...
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Reenacting Bombing Missions in an F-117 Nighthawk
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This 1947 Luscombe 8E Is a Rugged, Mid-Century ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick: The Luscombe 8E is an interesting design with attractive features not found in many of ...
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This 1947 Luscombe 8E Is a Rugged, Mid-Century ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
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Average world income 'to fall 19% due to climate change': The effects of climate change will reduce income across the world economy by 19% in the next ...
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Average world income 'to fall 19% due to climate change'
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Nav Canada partners with CAE for first-of-its-kind training program  - Skies Mag: CAE will provide initial training for about 180 Nav Canada students per year at ...
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Nav Canada partners with CAE for first-of-its-kind training program  - ...
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Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties
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Quick Glance: Dubai Submerged in Floods After Year's Worth of Rain
  • More than 142mm of rain soaked Dubai within 24 hours.

  • Heavy thunderstorms hit the UAE, pouring over a year's worth of rain on Dubai in just hours.

  • Authorities dispatched tanker trucks to pump water off the streets as some homes were inundated, requiring residents to bail them out.

  • Rain is uncommon in the UAE, causing flooding due to insufficient drainage systems in many areas.
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Sun ’n Fun Kicks Off Spring Break for Aviation: Central Florida's Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, gives cold-weary northerners a much-needed ...
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Sun ’n Fun Kicks Off Spring Break for Aviation
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Aviation industry struggles to keep up despite aircraft parts tax cuts: Aviation sector players also argue that it employs many Kenyans directly and indirectly ...
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Aviation industry struggles to keep up despite aircraft parts tax cuts
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Summer weather in Germany in April: too good to be good: What feels nice for the moment is actually extreme. The weather shows how acute the situation is: ...
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Summer weather in Germany in April: too good to be good
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Lilium Begins Producing Battery Packs for Electric Jet: The manufacturer continues to ramp up production of components for its flagship aircraft ...
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Lilium Begins Producing Battery Packs for Electric Jet
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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study: Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a ...
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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study
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Airshow Plans Advance in Reno - FLYING Magazine: Tickets are now available for the first Reno Air Show on October 4-6 at Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) in Nevada.
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Airshow Plans Advance in Reno - FLYING Magazine
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Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu: Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica?
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Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu
Quick Glance: Scientists Investigate Mass Death of Antarctic Penguins for Bird Flu
  • A scientific expedition discovered over 500 dead Adelie penguins, with thousands suspected to have perished.

  • Researchers suspect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus as the cause, but field tests were inconclusive.

  • Concerns arise over the potential devastating impact of H5N1 on threatened penguin species and other wildlife in Antarctica.

  • The presence of the H5 strain of bird flu was confirmed on the Antarctic peninsula and three nearby islands.
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Webinar | 17th April 2024: In our next aviation webinar, we'll be talking about how airports in Europe are responding to increased 'input' from governments ...
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Webinar | 17th April 2024
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Sullenberger Aviation Museum Opening Date Set: A new aviation museum honoring former airline Captain C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger is set to soon open its doors in ...
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Sullenberger Aviation Museum Opening Date Set
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Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans
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Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass ...
Quick Glance: Global Coral Bleaching Event After Extreme Heat
  • US climate agency NOAA declares a concerning global coral bleaching event for the fourth time in history after a year of extreme ocean heat.

  • Impacts of coral bleaching span oceans worldwide, with sea surface temperatures at record levels.

  • Corals under extreme heat stress can recover, but otherwise, the reef requires several years to regenerate.

  • Despite losses, some reefs show signs of color, offering hope for potential recovery, while scientists caution about the escalating impacts.
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How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count: Cross-country flight navigation can be ded reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigational aids, such as GPS ...
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How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count
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After a Training Fail, What Comes Next?: There’s been an uptick in recent months in online conversations about failing out of new-hire airline training—usually ...
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After a Training Fail, What Comes Next?
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In Kenya, drought-tolerant camels replace cows for herders: Herders in Kenya are substituting camels for cows, whose numbers have declined by the millions as ...
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In Kenya, drought-tolerant camels replace cows for herders
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Dozens killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods: Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or ...
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Dozens killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods
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Antarctic meteorites are disappearing at 'alarming rate', new research finds
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Antarctic meteorites are disappearing at 'alarming rate' ...
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate change
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate ...
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ICARUS IFR Training Device Delivered to Antarctica: Instrument pilot trainees on all seven continents now have the opportunity to improve their instruction using ...
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ICARUS IFR Training Device Delivered to Antarctica
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This 2010 Aviat A1-C-180 Husky Is a Short-Field Wiz and an ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick - FLYING Magazine
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Scientists navigate the paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world: According to Copernicus Climate Change Service, February 2024 was the warmest February ...
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Scientists navigate the paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world
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World Nature Agreement: Where do we stand when it comes to species protection?: The 2022 World Nature Agreement should give biodiversity a higher priority ...
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World Nature Agreement: Where do we stand when it comes to species ...
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Climate verdict: European Court of Human Rights finds Switzerland guilty. Climate seniors had complained that the authorities were not doing enough to combat ...
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Climate verdict: European Court of Human Rights finds Switzerland guilty ...
Quick Glance: Landmark Ruling: Switzerland Convicted for Inadequate Climate Protection
  • The European Court of Human Rights convicted Switzerland for inadequate climate protection, considering it a violation of human rights.

  • The ruling pertains to a group of senior women in Switzerland whose human rights were infringed due to insufficient climate protection.

  • This groundbreaking verdict could set precedents for further climate-related lawsuits, both internationally and domestically.

  • Additional climate lawsuits from Portugal and France were dismissed by the court, while the ruling in Switzerland carries significant implications.
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Redbird, Recreational Aviation Foundation Partner to Boost Backcountry Flight Training - FLYING Magazine
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Boeing makes its largest-ever sustainable aviation fuel purchase  : US planemaker Boeing has announced it has made its largest ever the largest sustainable ...
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Boeing makes its largest-ever sustainable aviation fuel purchase  
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There Was Just Something About Michael: Departed dear pilot friend was his own man on the ground and in the air.
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There Was Just Something About Michael
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Never Underestimate the Nation-State | by Andrés Velasco - Project Syndicate: Andrés Velasco rebuts the conventional wisdom that globalization has rendered ...
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Never Underestimate the Nation-State | by Andrés Velasco - Project ...
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Airline Pilots Must Not Dismiss Mental Well-Being: Is the profession experiencing a new threat?
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Airline Pilots Must Not Dismiss Mental Well-Being
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Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ice shelves from below
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Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ...
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Climate Action Is a Legal Obligation, European Court Rules: The European Court of Human Rights found that climate change is a human rights issue ...
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Climate Action Is a Legal Obligation, European Court Rules
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Top European court hands Swiss women victory in landmark climate ruling: Verdict will have ripple effect in Europe and beyond, likely setting precedent for how ...
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Top European court hands Swiss women victory in landmark climate ruling
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Dubai flights: DXB issues advisory ahead of expected unstable weather - News | Khaleej Times
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Dubai flights: DXB issues advisory ahead of expected unstable weather - ...
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A4A Moderates Women in Aviation Panel in Dallas | Airlines For America: A4A SVP & Chief Financial and Operating Officer Paul Archambeault moderated a panel ...
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A4A Moderates Women in Aviation Panel in Dallas | Airlines For America
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Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration: In the book “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten details how global warming could displace millions ...
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Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration
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Recreational Aviation Foundation Remains the Sum of Its Hearts: Twenty years of the Recreational Aviation Foundation took the vision of six pilots and turned it ...
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Recreational Aviation Foundation Remains the Sum of Its Hearts
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Olympic Flight Museum Beneficiary of Scout Project: The Olympic Flight Museum at Olympia Regional Airport in Washington is easier to spot now thanks to the hard ...
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Olympic Flight Museum Beneficiary of Scout Project
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Rolls-Royce Launches Flight Testing of Pearl 10X Engine : Rolls-Royce has launched a testing campaign for the Pearl 10X, marking the powerplant's first ...
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Rolls-Royce Launches Flight Testing of Pearl 10X Engine 
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Berlin: Activists on climate hunger strike at the Chancellery​: Climate activists believe that there is not enough talk about the facts and consequences of ...
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Berlin: Activists on climate hunger strike at the Chancellery​
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U.S., Japan Expand Space Collaboration with Lunar Rover Agreement - FLYING Magazine
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