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Feb 23 (Reuters) - The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is "alive and well" but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the U.S. since 1972, the company behind the vehicle said on Friday. The vehicle is believed to have caught one of its six landing feet on the lunar surface near the end of its final descent and tipped over, coming to rest sideways, propped up on a rock, an analysis of data by flight engineers showed, according to Houston-based Intuitive Machines...

A Georgia vaccine site temporarily shut down Wednesday after eight people suffered serious side effects. The site in Cumming is one of four nationwide to pause injections of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week, the Associated Press reported.

Krakow celebrates Battle of Vienna victory 14.09.2008 The ancient Polish capital of Krakow has celebrated the 325th anniversary of the Victory at Vienna. In 1683 king John III Sobieski and his legendary armored cavalry came to the rescue of the city besieged by Turkish forces of Kara Mustafa. The victorious battle earned the Polish king the title of the Savior of Christianity from the onslaught of the Ottoman Empire. To mark the glorious feat at Vienna, a re-enactment of the battle had been staged with the participation of 250 soldiers dressed in historic costume and 60 horses of the famed...

Mel Gibson to play Polish King?! Reports have emerged that Mel 'Madmax' Gibson has been approached to play King Jan Sobieski in an epic movie about the 1683 Siege of Vienna. Wroclaw-based producer Mariusz Bielak would like Gibson to both star in and direct the picture, and he is optimistic that the Australian maverick will come on board: 'All the signs show that he is interested in this project and its theme', Bielak was quoted as saying in Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. "It's his cup of tea.' The film, which has a working title of Victoria (The Victory), is being...