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FILE - This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1.
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The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
Willem Marx
This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits to observe the test launches of missiles at an undisclosed place in North Korea Sunday, April 12, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.
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North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea
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A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, Saturday, April 18, 2026, while searching for a missing vessel, the Mariana, that experienced an engine failure April 15.
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US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship
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FILE - The Titanic leaves Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, on her maiden voyage.
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Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000
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A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman
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