News tagged with journey
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship
SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2009 |
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NASA launching `dream machine' to explore Mars
As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Video documents three-year trek on Mars by NASA rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a sealed facility ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Archaeologists unearth slave burial ground on St. Helena
The tiny island of St Helena, 1,000 miles off the coast of south-west Africa, acted as the landing place for many of the slaves, captured by the Royal Navy during the suppression of the slave trade between 1840 and 1872. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Preparing for future human exploration, RAD measures radiation on journey to Mars
The Radiation Assessment Detector, the first instrument on NASA's next rover mission to Mars to begin science operations, was powered up and began collecting data Dec. 6, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake
Next week a British engineering team heads off to Antarctica for the first stage of an ambitious scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from a lake buried beneath three kilometres of solid ice. This extraordinary ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Testing spacesuits in Antarctica, part 1
In this field diary, Margarita Marinova takes us on a journey to Antarctica in order to test spacesuits Testing the suits in harsh environments on Earth can help future explorers, who will need protection ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2011 |
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Traveling by car increases global temperatures more than by plane, but only in long term
Driving a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air according to a new study. However, in the short run travelling by air has a larger adverse ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Australian cruiser docks after swine flu outbreak
(AP) -- An ocean liner docked in an Australian city on Saturday despite objections raised by port officials over a swine flu outbreak on board that cut short a Great Barrier Reef cruise.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 30, 2009 |
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Southampton researchers find that UK rail travel is often cheaper than the car
With thousands of British families embarking on their summer holidays, new research by the University of Southampton has found that travelling by train rather than car could provide a more cost-effective travel solution. ...
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Astronauts return from space to sushi overload
(AP) -- Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Virtual engineer reduces 'transpiration phase' in new designs
When designing new products, a lot of time is lost carrying out repetitive and uninspiring work. In order to shorten this 'transpiration phase' and create more room for real inspiration, University of Twente ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 23, 2009 |
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