News tagged with capsule
Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station
(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Colon capsule endoscopy diagnoses 64 percent of total polyps detected by conventional colonoscopy
Capsule endoscopy for exploring the colon in a minimally invasive manner diagnoses 64% of all lesions located by means of conventional colonoscopy. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine - the ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Air Force report: Ares I crew couldn't survive blast in first minute
The crew of NASA's newest spacecraft "will not survive" an explosion of the Ares I rocket within the first minute of launch because blazing chunks of solid-rocket fuel would melt the parachutes on the crew-escape system, ...
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Jul 19, 2009 |
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Space station crew finally at full staff of six (w/Video)
The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.
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May 29, 2009 |
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Capsules Encapsulated: Enzyme-equipped liposomes embedded in polymer capsules as a novel biomedical transport system
(PhysOrg.com) -- When cells cannot carry out the tasks required of them by our bodies, the result is disease. Nanobiotechnology researchers are looking for ways to allow synthetic systems take over simple cellular activities ...
May 19, 2009 |
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White House orders review of NASA space plans
(AP) -- The White House has ordered a complete outside review of NASA's manned space program, including plans to return astronauts to the moon.
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May 07, 2009 |
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New dinner table top priority as ISS expands
Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.
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May 07, 2009 |
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Obama administration to review NASA program, sources say
In a major turnaround, the Obama administration intends this week to order a review of the spacecraft program that NASA had hoped would one day replace the space shuttle, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
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May 06, 2009 |
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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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US space tourist's return put off by a day
(AP) -- A billionaire American space tourist in the middle of his second stay aboard the international space station will return to Earth a day later than originally planned, Russian space officials said ...
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying.
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Mar 28, 2009 |
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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...
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Mar 28, 2009 |
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Shuttle Discovery on track for afternoon landing
(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven aimed for a Saturday afternoon touchdown at NASA's spaceport to wrap up a successful space station construction mission.
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Mar 28, 2009 |
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Stardust Logs A Decade Under The Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturday, Feb. 7, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's well-traveled Stardust spacecraft.
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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