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Terra reached its final Earth orbit on 24 February 2000 after 11 weeks of checkout and eight ascent burns, and mission scientists stopped nudging its inclination back in 2020, letting the satellite quietly drift out of its contained orbit as retirement approaches
A new University at Buffalo study found Americans generate similar amounts of plastic packaging waste regardless of income or education, yet wealthier and more college-educated communities recycle far more of it, pointing to unequal access to recycling infrastructure rather than personal habit
On 1 June 1966, Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon and sent home 10,338 pictures in under two weeks
What happened when wildlife biologists released 41 predators into a national park starting in 1995 and researchers began arguing, decades later, whether the rivers themselves had changed course as a result?
