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A series of Spanish missions in Texas has acknowledged their World Heritage Inscription this weekend. Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, Mission Espada and Mission San Juan Capistrano are the four missions that are included in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

San Antonio de Valero is the other mission that has acquired its place in history after a well-known battle in 1836. Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, said in a news release, “The San Antonio Missions are universally admired for their representation of the unique, interwoven heritage of Spanish and indigenous cultures in the US, and warrant worldwide recognition”.

Researchers at UC Riverside Engineering have designed a 3D printed bikini that cleans water around women who are wearing the bikini, according to reports.

The oceans are currently home to many finest species and all kinds of pollutants that subsist on the Earth. The 3D printed bikini is named as Sponge. As per the reports, the unique bikini cleans up the pollutants that are around the women who are wearing it.

Mihri Ozkan, UC Riverside by an electrical engineering professor, has designed the bikini. In Wearable Technology Competition, the 3D printed bikini has won award by acquiring top spot in the list of 15 other competitors. This new technology has been in limelight since then.

A team of scientists studying the water quality and tracking the number of dead dolphins washing shore said that the dolphin die-off is declining almost five years after the Deepwater Horizon Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jenny Litz, a research biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), said in a statement on Friday that the researchers noted that dolphin mortalities in the Gulf coast region have declined.

Previously from 2010 to 2014, the mass mortality was caused due to one of the biggest environmental disasters in history in which a BP oil rig exploded. The incident that took place in April 2010 killed 11 employees spilling 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean before.

Astronomers from University of Maryland have become the first to submit a research paper on the New Horizons flyby of Pluto. The findings were published in the October 16, 2015 issues of the journal Science.

Protopapa during the research helped to detect composition of Pluto’s surface and also played a major role in locating ice on the dwarf planet. Hamilton, on the other hand, helped in confirmation of the shapes, sizes and unique rotations of two of Pluto's moons.

The researchers hope that their findings will help scientists to properly understand the origins and history of Pluto and its moons.

One of the most renowned hard-driving engineer and scientist, George Mueller, passed away on October 12. Mueller died of heart failure, as per the United States space agency NASA.

Dr Mueller being the associate administrator of NASA’s Office of Manned Flight from September 1963 to December 1969 was responsible for the completion of Project Apollo and to start development of the Skylab and the Space Shuttle projects.

Mueller, during his six year of service with NASA, introduced several remarkable changes in the management within the agency. These changes were introduced at a time when strong leadership and direction were very necessary to achieve success.

The commander of current Expedition 45 Crew and the US astronaut, Scott Kelly, is going to break US space flight records on the eve of the 15th anniversary of continuous human presence on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 2, 2015.

Last Friday, Kelly completed 383 days in space, and broke the US astronaut Mike Fincke’s previous record of 363 cumulative days on orbit.

On October 29, Kelly is also going to break another record on his 216 consecutive days in space. On that day, he will beat astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria’s record for the single-longest space flight by an American. Lopez-Alegria stayed in space for 215 days in 2006 as commander of the Expedition 14 crew.