Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as Spartan 207. Garneau retrieved the satellite in May 1996 during space shuttle mission STS-77, using the...

Sparta had one of the most respected and fiercest fighting forces of their era. Daily life in ancient Sparta supported the military machine to the point where all other aspects of life revolved around it. From the time a Spartan was...

We often think of ancient Greek society as White, but it was a lot more diverse than we give it credit for.

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In the art of espionage, subterfuge and military matters the necessity of secrecy is paramount. In the modern day most of our messages are encrypted and sent discreetly and instantly across the world. Of course, the ancients didn’t have...

The roots of today’s global society reach back over 2,500 years, to Athens and Sparta, two powerful city-states of ancient Greece. The two states, though geographically close, differed greatly in their societal structure and values....

The district is the first school on Long Island to change its name after the New York State ban on Native American mascots.

Health Canada is putting restrictions on a made-in-Canada COVID-19 rapid testing kit, barring it from public use. Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand says this kind of challenge is "part of the process of building new...

There is already high demand for made-in-Canada COVID-19 test kits that were just approved for use by Ottawa. The kits are being targeted for use at airports, borders and remote communities.

The mascot name change is expected to take effect at the end of the school year.

INTERVIEW: Spartan (Roderick Bradley) on being selected to become a gladiator and his character as a warrior at the Gladiators on April 11, 2008. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

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The US space shuttle "Discovery" has released a 2,800 pound telescope, that will scan the universe as a free-flying satel
lite.
After two days the astronauts plan to retrieve the...

Astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour plucked a small science satellite from orbit Tuesday (21/05), completing the first major goal of their challenging and scientifically diverse 10-day flight.

Various shuttle in space with...

Nasa space agency condoned a daring rescue mission of the

tumbling satellite during a space walk on Monday.
At a
press conference on Sunday (23/11) Nasa specialist
Mike Hess
explained what the astronauts of the...

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The crew of the Shuttle Endeavour have retrieved a satellite that they released into space two days ago to study solar
wind.
These streams of charged particles that hurtle away from the sun are...

The crew of NASA space shuttle Discovery completed the second

major task of an eight day mission on Tuesday (7/2). Ru
ssian
cosmonaut, Vladimir Titov, on board the shuttle, s
et a small
science satellite...

Astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Endeavour on Monday (20/5) deployed a satellite containing an experimental antenna from the cargo bay and set it free 180 miles over Australia. The parachute-shaped antenna was pumped with...

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The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has inflated an experimental antenna in o
rbit.
The release of the antenna - the largest inflatable space structure since the 1960s - was one of the...

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The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has inflated an experimental antenna in o
rbit.
The release of the antenna - the largest inflatable space structure since the 1960s - was one of the...

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A 10 million (m) dollar satellite is safely back on board space shuttle Columbia, after being retrieved by two astronauts during a space wa
lk.
In a 7-and-a-half hour operation,...

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The space shuttle Discovery, with veteran astronaut, John Glenn, onboard successfully retrieved a deep space observation platform on Tue
sday.
The giant size game of "cat and mouse"...

NASA released a satellite called Spartan from the shuttle

Discovery on Tuesday (13/9) to study the sun. The Nat
ional
Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the
launch was
flawless but that the radar...

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