High Flight

Oh, I have slipped the 1) surly 2) bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the 3) tumbling 4) mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred t

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A: Hi, could you help me make a plane reservation? B: I would be happy to help you. Where do you plan on going? A: I am going to go to Hawaii. B: For that destination, you may leave from Los Angeles or Burbank Airport. Which would you prefer? A: I th

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A: Could you help me make a plane reservation? B: I would be happy to help you. Where do you plan on going? A: I am going to go to Hawaii. B: For that destination, you may leave from Los Angeles or Burbank Airport. Which would you prefer? A:I think t

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A Russian vision of the future of space tourism. This is Orbital Technologies' concept for a space hotel they plan to open for tourists by 2016. The company is a subsidiary of RKK Energia, who already operate commercial space flights and took the fir

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Its only matter of an hour to go before plan stoppage by 12,000 cabin crew. BAs boss, Wily Wash has gone on the offensive, taking out full page advertisement criticizing Unite Union, and promising to keep the flight flying for customers. But the airl

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China conducts flight landing on aircraft carrier

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PORT-LOUIS, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Air Mauritius will add one more weekly flight to China's business hub Shanghai from Jan. 24, 2013, the national airline of Mauritius said in a statement on Friday, bringing to two weekly fights due to increased demand.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multipurpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and evaluation, the U.S. s

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Plan adopted to boost nuclear security

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