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Reaching the moon usually takes days.  Here's why a Tokyo startup is instead giving its lander months after today's SpaceX launch

Reaching the moon usually takes days. Here’s why a Tokyo startup is instead giving its lander months after today’s SpaceX launch

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander on Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toy-like Japanese robot designed to roll up there in the gray dust . It will take nearly five months for the lander and its experiments …

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Iranians witness widespread internet blackout amid mass protests

Iranians witness widespread internet blackout amid mass protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians experienced a near total blackout on Wednesday amid days of mass protests against the government over the death of a woman in the custody of the country’s vice police. for allegedly violating his strictly enforced dress code. An Iranian official had previously hinted that such measures could be …

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