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The US shuttle Discovery chased the International Space Station Sunday to deliver a treadmill, food and a laboratory freezer to the orbiting outpost. As the shuttle raced toward the ISS, the astronauts conducted a routine inspection of Discovery's heat shield by maneuvering a sensor on a robotic arm to look for possible damage. The crew also checked the spacesuits that will be used for t ... read more 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Aug 29, 2009India's first moon mission, launched amid much fanfare last year, came to an abrupt end Saturday after controllers lost contact with the country's lunar craft, the national space agency said. India launched an unmanned satellite and put a probe on the moon's surface late last year in an event that the national space agency hoped would give the country international "brand recognition" in the ... more
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2009The amount of electricity generated by the solar panels on Spirit has been declining for the past several Martian days, or sols, as a regional dust storm moved southward and blocked some of the sunshine at Spirit's location. The team operating the rover has responsively trimmed Spirit's daily activities and is keeping an eye on weather reports from observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbi ... more  
Houstin TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2009On Earth, we all know that exercise is good for us. But do we know exactly how good? The situation is similar on the International Space Station. Astronauts and cosmonauts have been working out on orbit for close to 10 years, and researchers believe the exercise is a good countermeasure for the bone and muscle density loss that occurs when humans live for a long time without gravity. But ... more  
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 27, 2009NASA on Thursday delayed the debut test of the first stage motor of the Ares 1 rocket, the launch vehicle for the space shuttle's successor, Orion, the space agency said. The static test, which was supposed to have been conducted at NASA's Promontory test center in Utah, was postponed indefinitely following a problem in an auxiliary motor that supplied hydraulic pressure, a NASA official sai ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2009Robotics and medical experts in Japan on Wednesday unveiled the prototype of a new hi-tech electric wheelchair that resembles a scooter and promises greater mobility. Users ride astride the four-wheeled Rodem -- rather than sitting in it, as in a conventional wheelchair -- steer it with a joystick and hold onto motorbike-style handles while the knees and chest rest on cushions. ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 29, 2009The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on a 13-day mission to help equip the International Space Station. Discovery roared into the dark nighttime Florida sky at 11:59 pm Friday (0359 GMT Saturday), as scheduled, and reached orbit a few minutes later. "I wish you and to your team good luck and godspeed," National Aeronautics and Space Administration launch ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 28, 2009Final preparations were underway Friday for a fourth attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery as its crew boarded the vessel for a takeoff scheduled for a minute before midnight. Dressed in bright orange space suits, the seven astronauts - six Americans and one Swede - left their quarters at the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida just after 8:00 pm (0000 GMT). A tra ... more |
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