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Voyager 2 At 12,000 DaysPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 29, 2010 NASA's plucky Voyager 2 spacecraft has hit a long-haul operations milestone - operating continuously for 12,000 days. For nearly 33 years, the venerable spacecraft has been returning data about the giant outer planets, and the characteristics and interaction of solar wind between and beyond the planets. Among its many findings, Voyager 2 discovered Neptune's Great Dark Spot and its 450-meter-per-second (1,000-mph) winds. The two Voyager spacecraft have been the longest continuously operating ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) June 25, 2010Conditions suitable for life - most notably the presence of water - may once have existed all over Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Friday. Hydrated silicate minerals were found by the ESA's Mars Express and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance orbiters in northern lowlands of the Red Planet, a clear indication that water once flowed there, ESA said in a statement ahead of the publication ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) June 26, 2010An Ariane 5 rocket Saturday successfully placed two satellites in orbit, after twice delaying the launch for technical reasons this week. The launch at 6:41 pm (2141 GMT) was the second for an Ariane 5 from the Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, this year and the 51st for the rocket since 1996. Arianespace chief Jean-Yves Le Gall said the "flight was absolutely perfect, to ... more 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 28, 2010Following the second successful Ariane 5 launch this year - six satellites built by Astrium have now been launched within a month: COMSATBw-2 and ASTRA 3B on 21 May, Arabsat 5B by a Proton launcher on 4 June, TanDEM-X by Dnepr on 21 June and now Arabsat 5A and COMS by Ariane 5 tonight. The six satellites include three commercial communications satellites (Arabsat 5A and 5B, and ASTRA 3B), ... more |
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Machines that understand us on the riseNew York (UPI) Jun 25, 2010 Devices that can understand people, using a technology known as speech recognition, are becoming a common feature of everyday life, researchers say. From people telling their cellphones to dial a number to doctors using speech recognition software to record and transcribe patient visits, speech recognition is making inroads into all areas of human activity, The New York Times reported Friday. Call centers use voice software technology, often to the point where an entire session is automa ... read more |
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