Mariner 10 Prepares for Third Mercury Flyby
Pasadena UPI reports Mariner 10 cameras heat up for a third close approach to Mercury. The 1,108 pound craft will fly by at 192 miles Sunday and capture about 650 photos of the planet's northern hemisphere.
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Scientists Find Rare Unnamed Fish and Coelacanth Samples
Scientists returned to San Francisco with unnamed headlight fish specimens found at 200 feet during a night dive in the Indian Ocean. They also brought two fresh frozen coelacanth samples, the first since 1938, weighing 40 and 80 pounds, enabling study of their tissue and organs.
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Cause of fatal sub trap told
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed an unshielded outside hook on a Smithsonian research submarine for the 1973 Florida coast entrapment of four scientists. Two died from carbon dioxide buildup. two survived. Factors included CO2 removal failure and entanglement with wreckage.
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