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Star Wars Meets UPS As Robonaut Packed For SpaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2010 Getting into space isn't necessarily easy for astronauts, and it's not much easier for a robotic astronaut, either. Cocooned inside an aluminum frame and foam blocks cut out to its shape, Robonaut 2, or R2, is heading to the International Space Station inside the Permanent Multipurpose Module in space shuttle Discovery's payload bay as part of the STS-133 mission. Once in place inside the station, R2, with its humanlike hands and arms and stereo vision, is expected to perform some of the repetitiv ... read more |
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London (UPI) Aug 9, 2010 European researchers have developed a robot they say is the first able to display and detect emotions and react to being treated kindly. The humanoid robot, called Nao, can detect human emotions through non-verbal clues such as body-language and facial expressions and gets better at reading a person's mood through prolonged interaction, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Monday. ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2010The next spacewalk to complete the removal of a failed ammonia pump module and installation and activation of a new pump module on the International Space Station's S1 Truss will take place no earlier than Wednesday. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed the first spacewalk to remove and replace the pump module at 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday. As the res ... more  
Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2010 A Senate budget plan for NASA adds another shuttle flight and has funding for a heavy-lift launch vehicle and for commercial space taxis, U.S. lawmakers say. The bill must be reconciled with a measure in the U.S. House and will have to pass appropriation committees in both chambers, Florida Today reported Saturday. The $19 billion bill passed Thursday on a unanimous vote, Sen. Bi ... more |
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Looking For The Coolest Forms Of Life On EarthLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2010 Two UK scientists are travelling to one of the coldest places on Earth to help them understand how life could exist on other planets in our Solar System. Professor Liane Benning (University of Leeds) and Dr. Dominique Tobler (University of Glasgow) are travelling to Ny-Alesund on the island of Svalbard to investigate how the snow and ice there was first colonized by extremophiles - organisms that thrive in harsh conditions. The team will spend two weeks on Svalbard from 6 to 20 August as par ... read more |
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