Pumps have been installed to divert the flow, but authorities say a full repair could take weeks.
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Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
In a blog post Saturday, NASA said that engineers had detected an interruption in the flow of helium in the upper stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
But don’t go overboard, Crichton said; consuming more than that could cause mild but uncomfortable side effects like heartburn, reflux and indigestion.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
People who have taken corticosteroid medicines for conditions like seizures, gastric reflux, cancer and transplant rejection are more susceptible, as are those with celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, kidney or liver disease, multiple myeloma and rheumatoid arthritis.
Along the way of most successful rebuilding efforts, or even just more traditional team-building efforts, however, successful teams tend to take a calculated risk or two on some high-pedigree players or high-potential skaters at a low ebb in their value.
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Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Some readers may be old enough to remember the 1976 Bicentennial, which occurred during one of the city’s lowest ebbs and lifted everyone’s spirits.
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