News tagged with craft
Danish engineers planning manned space craft
(PhysOrg.com) -- A couple of Danish engineers are working towards launching a human being into space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Lockheed Martin develops maple-seed-like drone
The seeds that drop from maple trees each fall, whirring softly to the ground like silent one-winged helicopters, are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for military information-gathering.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Aerospace engineer proposes arm-equipped satellite to affix propellant kits to space junk to send it back home
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past several years, many scientists and armchair enthusiasts alike have offered up a possible solution to the ever growing cloud of space junk circling the Earth; the result of leftover ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2011 |
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NASA going to asteroid, bringing back samples
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is going to send a spacecraft to an asteroid and bring back samples to Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2011 |
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New Horizons flies by Uranus
The Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft will fly by another planet today (March 18, 2011). However, the robotic craft won’t be taking any images as it zooms past Uranus’ orbit at about 6 p.m. EDT, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2011 |
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UFO? No, it's just the International Space Station
As a public service, Art Maurer would like you to know that the bright light you might see skimming across the early morning sky later this week is not a UFO.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2009 |
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Exposure to arts drives innovation, spurs economy, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Michigan is hurting its chances at economic recovery by slashing funding for the arts, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 25, 2011 |
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Machines to compare notes online?
The best way for autonomous machines, networks and robots to improve in future will be for them to publish their own upgrade suggestions on the Internet. This transparent dialogue will help humans to both guide and trust ...
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Air Force to launch 2nd unmanned spaceplane
(AP) -- The Air Force is preparing to send a second version of its secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Russia sets first post-crash manned flight for November
Russia on Tuesday set its next manned space flight to the International Space Station for November and said it will not let the orbiter be abandoned despite a recent accident involving its workhorse Soyuz ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Russia Mars probe considered lost: report
Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2011 |
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Advanced weapon system helps ONR respond to Navy needs
The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS), an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored technology, could soon give the U.S. Navy and coalition military ships an upper hand in swiftly defeating multiaxis attacks by small ...
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Light-Duty Day for ISS Crew, Expedition 21 to Launch Wednesday Morning
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 20 crew members had a light-duty work day and performed a variety of maintenance and science-related tasks Monday as they prepare for a busy week aboard the International Space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Europe honours Einstein with space freighter
The fourth of Europe's robot freighters, due to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2013, has been named after Albert Einstein, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2011 |
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Progress 44 accident and its consequences for Space Station
The six astronauts on the International Space Station are safe and continuing their normal work after the loss of their space-bound cargo craft on 24 August.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 2011 |
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