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2. Federal investigators³ said that the Virgin⁴ Galactic’s Descend⁵ System deployed⁶ too soon, leading to the spaceship to break apart in flight over the Mojave Desert. The official cause of Friday’s crash has not been determined⁷. But NTSB official said the ship’s feathering system was activated⁸ before the craft reached appropriate speed.

 

3. French President Francois Hollande continued his state visit to Canada Monday. With a visit to the National War Memorial, Oland laid a wreath honouring the war dead of World War I, at the same site where a soldier was shot and killed last month. The President later delivered an address at the Canada’s House Parliament before meeting Canadian Prime Minister Harper. 

 

4. And a fluffy⁹ spy might be the missing the link to finding more about penguin¹⁰ species. This remote control rover is being used by biologists to collect data on penguins¹¹, a notoriously shy creature, by being disguised as a penguin check. The rover is able to infiltrate¹² penguin huddles¹³ to allow scientists to collect health information like heart rate and diet.

 

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