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Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work for third straight day; crew to extend trip

NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — The Taraia Object expedition team remains in a holding pattern as severe weather prevented the team from conducting exploratory shore work for the third straight day in the ...
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Earhart expedition update: Underwater survey of Taraia Object begins

NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — The search in Nikumaroro’s lagoon for what could be Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E is underway. On Wednesday (Oct. 14), members of the Taraia Object expedition, a joint ...
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Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work Thursday; ID update expected in next 48 hours

NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — Severe weather in the South Pacific prevented members of the Taraia Object expedition team from going ashore Thursday (Oct. 15), temporarily pausing field operations in the ...
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Purdue, state of Indiana to host second Global Nuclear Energy Economic Summit

Purdue University and the state of Indiana will host the Global Nuclear Energy Economic Summit Oct. 19-20 in Indianapolis, ...
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Earhart expedition update: Crew arrives onshore, sets up operations on Nikumaroro

NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — Members of the Taraia Object expedition, a joint effort between the Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University, made it ashore Nikumaroro ...