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Astronauts assemble Canadian robot on 7-hour walk Washington (AFP) March 18, 2008 
Two US astronauts finished assembling the Canadian robot Dextre on Tuesday during a nearly seven-hour space walk outside the International Space Station, NASA said. Rick Linnehan and Robert Behnken put together the tool-handling assembly of the 200 million dollar (126 million euro) robot and attached a spare-parts platform, readying Dextre to undertake delicate maintenance tasks which have ... read more |
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Russian-Launched US Satellite Unlikely To Reach Target Orbit
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008A U.S. AMC-14 satellite launched from a space center in Kazakhstan on early Saturday is unlikely to reach the designated orbit from its current position, a Russian space expert said on Monday. A few minutes after the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur Space Center, which is leased to Russia and carries out dozens of launches every year, the Breeze M orbit insertion boost ... more Mercury's Shifting, Rolling Past 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury's surface are thrust faults that are consistent with the planet shrinking and cooling with time. However, compression occurred in the planet's early history and Mariner 10 images revealed decades ago that lobate scarps are among the youngest' features on Mercury. Why don't we find more evidence of older compressive features? ... more Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Rocket Engine Powers Latest GPS Satellite Into Space 
Canoga Park Ca (SPX) Mar 18, 2008A new Global Positioning System satellite was carried into orbit Saturday by a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket powered by a Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A rocket engine. The RS-27A performed perfectly as it boosted the ULA Delta II and its GPSIIR-19 payload from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, marking the 221st flight for the RS-27 family of rocket engine systeem ... more ProStar GPS Guides Players At Arizona Golf Resort 
Chandler AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Arizona Golf Resort now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity. Arizona Golf Resort's 6,523-yard, par-71 course is noted for its outstanding par-3 holes and lush conditions. While the fairways are lined with ... more Artemis Provides Communications For Jules Verne ATV 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control centre and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules Verne ATV and the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse (France). Jules Verne ATV was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 05:03 CET on 9 March. First contact between Artemis and the ATV was est ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 16, 2008Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along with evidence that these molecules were created there. They've also found water in the same zone around two other young stars. By pushing the telescope's capabilities to a new level, astronomers now have a be ... more Spacewalkers ready next trek to complete robot 
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2008Astronauts on Sunday prepared to make a third spacewalk to finish assembling a mechanical maintenance robot named Dextre outside the International Space Station. Two US astronauts had in an earlier spacewalk attached mechanical arms to the Canadian-made robot, enabling it to take over some human tasks and reducing the need for future risky trips outside the station. Mission Specialists ... more Spacewalkers begin Canadian robot assembly 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008Two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station Saturday to put together a Canadian-made robot that will take over human tasks and help reduce the need for risky spacewalks. Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan and Mike Foreman, who arrived last week aboard shuttle Endeavour, embarked on a seven-hour spacewalk using socket wrenches and drills to bolt the Dextre robot's two 11- ... more Astronauts Enter Japanese Station Module; Power To Robot Restored 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008US and Japanese astronauts have entered for the first time a newly-installed Japanese module as engineers restored power to a Canadian-made robot that is key to future work in building the International Space Station. Marking the beginning of Japan's scientific work aboard the station, ISS Commander Peggy Whitson and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi opened the module at 0123 GMT ... more |
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Rochester NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Astronomers at the University of Rochester, home to one of the world's largest groups of planetary nebulae specialists, have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may be responsible for creating some of the most breathtaking objects in the sky. The news is ironic because the name "planetary" nebula has always been a misnomer. When these objects were ... more United Launch Alliance Inaugural Atlas V West Coast Launch A Success 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Adding to the Atlas rocket's legacy of launches from the west coast that began in 1959, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V made its debut flight from Space Launch Complex-3 East here at 3:02 a.m. PDT, today. It carried a National Reconnaissance Office payload. The launch ushers in a new era of space launch capability for the Air Force and ULA as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch ... more New Purdue Facility Aims To Improve NASA Moon Rocket Engine 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Purdue University engineers are conducting experiments using a new hydrogen facility to help NASA create designs to improve the cooling efficiency and performance of the J-2X rocket engine, critical for future missions to Mars and the moon. More efficient cooling improves performance and reduces the need for costly overhauls, said William Anderson, an associate professor in Purdue's School of ... more NASA prepares for Moonbuggy Race 
Huntsville, Ala. (UPI) Mar 13, 2008 The U.S. space agency is transforming part of its Marshall Space Flight Center into a lunar landscape for the 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race. By the end of the month about a half-mile of cement footpaths at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility will be ready to test the engineering savvy and physical endurance of about 400 high school and college students in the ... more
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