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Microscopic worms could hold the key to living life on MarsNottingham UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2011 The astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have to up sticks and colonise space. But is the human body up to the challenge? Scientists at The University of Nottingham believe that Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a microscopic worm which is biologically very similar to the human being, could help us understand how humans might cope with long-duration space exploration. Their research, published in Interface, a journal of The Royal Society, has show ... read more |
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  Nanosail-D Sails Home After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D - a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit - has successfully completed its Earth ... more | .. |
  Europe's third ATV is loaded with cargo for its 2012 launch by Arianespace Cargo loading is underway in French Guiana for the no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which is being readied for a 2012 launch from the Spaceport on Arianespace's next Ariane 5 servicing missio ... more | .. |
  Growing Knowledge in Space Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kenne ... more | .. |
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 MDA to extend its services to support Canadarm2 and Dextre for ISS MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has received contracts worth CA$4.2 million from NASA's Johnson Space Center to exten ... more | .. |
 Los Alamos instrument to shine light on Mars habitability With the successful launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on Saturday, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers and scientists from the French space institute IRAP are poised to begin focusing the ... more | .. |
  Europe prepares new technologies for future launchers ESA and the DLR German Space Center fired a Texus rocket 263 km into space on 27 November to test a new way of handling propellants on Europe's future rockets. Texus 48 lifted off at 10:10 GMT ... more | .. |
 Veteran Mars Researcher Says Curiosity Spacecraft Can Confirm Viking Detected Life NASA has repeatedly stated that its new mission to Mars, Curiosity, carries no life detector. Yet, Gilbert V. Levin, Experimenter on NASA's 1976 Viking Mission, disagrees. He says instruments aboard ... more |
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 FLEX-ible Insight Into Flame Behavior Whether free-burning or smoldering, uncontrolled fire can threaten life and destroy property. On Earth, a little water, maybe some chemicals, and the fire is smothered. In space, where there i ... more | .. |
 Increased Test Productivity Lifts Off With Second X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy will be able to increase the pace and productivity of the X-47B flight test program following the successful first flight Nov. 22 of the second air vehicle develop ... more | .. |
  AsiaSat 7 Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers Space Systems/Loral reports that the AsiaSat 7 satellite, designed and built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. ... more | .. |
  Student Developed Software Helps To Detect Near Earth Asteroids An asteroid impact with the earth can really ruin your day: just consider the dinosaurs. Most asteroids, also known as minor planets, orbit the sun beyond the planet Mars and present no danger, but ... more |
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  Insect cyborgs may become first responders, search and monitor hazardous environs Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. Professor Khalil Najafi, the ... more | .. |
 Mars Science Laboratory Lifts Off Protected by Lockheed Martin-Built Aeroshell NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launched this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. at 10:02 a.m. ET aboard an Atlas V-541 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. The miss ... more | .. |
 Dutch astronaut's cheesy request Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers will have a special treat waiting for him in orbit when he arrives in space next month: five kilogrammes of Amsterdam's finest cheese, its maker said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Assembly milestone reached with Ariane 5 to launch next ATV Basic build-up of the Ariane 5 for Arianespace's upcoming mission with the no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been completed, as preparations continue for an early 2012 launch from the Space ... more |
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Latest Mars Rover to the Red Planet Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its power and propulsion systems by successfully boosting the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which will travel to the red plan ... more | .. |
 NASA launches biggest-ever rover to Mars NASA's Curiosity rover, the biggest, most sophisticated robotic explorer ever built, blasted off Saturday on a journey to Mars, where it will hunt for signs life once existed there. ... more | .. |
 Russia's Medvedev evokes Stalin ahead of elections Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday evoked the executions of the Stalin era in a pre-election vow to punish those responsible for a recent string of costly space mishaps. ... more | .. |
 The Martian Chronicles Continues With Russian Bit Part While the future of Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe remains unclear, a team of experts from a space research institute in Moscow has arrived in the United States where NASA is about to launch its Curios ... more |
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 NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Mars NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an ... more | .. |
 Did US climate weapon knock-out Russian probe Russian space experts are struggling to decode fresh telemetry signals received from the stricken Phobos-Grunt probe. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating that America's ionosphere research site in Ala ... more | .. |
 Looking for a Space Job Last week NASA announced new job openings at the space agency. If you ever thought of flying in space this may be your chance. A new class of astronauts is about to be formed. You can even apply onl ... more | .. |
  Chinese demand fuels Swiss watch success The Swiss watch industry is in rude health, the latest figures show, with exports leaping once again last month and watchmakers set to notch up a record year thanks to hungry Chinese consumers. ... more |
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New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
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 Researchers design steady-handed robot for brain surgery Neurosurgeons may one day get help in operating rooms from a robot with movements 10 times steadier than the human hand to perform delicate brain surgeries, the EU said Monday. ... more | .. |
 AsiaSat 7 Spacecraft Separation Successfully Completed AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), was launched at Hong Kong Time 3:10 a.m. on the 26th of November on an ILS Proton Breeze M l ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Continutes To Scout For Site To Winter In In preparing for positioning Opportunity for the coming winter, the project has been scouting sites with favorable northerly tilt on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. ... more | .. |
 Russia launches Chinese satellite A Russian Proton-M rocket completed the successful launch Saturday of an advanced Chinese communications satellite that should help expand television coverage in parts of Southeast Asia. ... more |
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 Come Home X-37B At the end of November, the mysterious X-37B robot spaceplane will reach a critical point in its mission. This time will mark the end of the official 270-day endurance limit of the semi-secret milit ... more | .. |
 ESA station keeps contact with Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt Following the first successful contact on Tuesday, ESA's tracking station in Australia again established two-way communication with Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft on 23 November. The data received ... more | .. |
 neuroArm: Robotic Arms Lend a Healing Touch The delicate touch that successfully removed an egg-shaped tumor from Paige Nickason's brain got a helping hand from a world-renowned arm - a robotic arm, that is. The technology that went int ... more | .. |
 Data beamed from Russia Mars probe deciphered Russian specialists have deciphered telemetry data received from a wayward Mars probe, but have yet to find out the cause of its erratic behavior, a space industry source said on Thursday. "So ... more |
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