Image: ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Jules Verne!
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News tagged with jules verne
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander
A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2017
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Europe destroys last space truck to ISS
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Sunday said it had destroyed its last supply ship to the International Space Station, bringing a seven-year venture to a successful close.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2015
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Flying car spreads its wings in Slovakia
Mankind's primordial dream of flight is taking off with a new twist as a Slovak prototype of a flying car spreads its wings.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 19, 2014
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Burn ATV-4, burn
(Phys.org) —ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle,Albert Einstein,burnt up on 2 November at 12:04 GMT over an uninhabited area of the Pacific Ocean. It left the International Space Station a week earlier with 1.6 tonnes ...
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2013
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Historian examines how three 19th-century authors recoiled from technology
In 1890, living in Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson sent a letter to his fellow writer Henry James, explaining a momentous decision on his part: Disillusioned with a rapidly changing, technologically driven world, Stevenson ...
Other
Oct 17, 2013
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New research reveals giant squid exist as a single species
New research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that the giant squid exists as a single species, containing almost no genetic variation – an observation unique among studied marine organisms.
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2013
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Richard Branson headed to 'center of Earth'
British tycoon Richard Branson may have lost his race to the bottom of the ocean, but not his sense of humor, declaring Friday a faux plan to top his rivals by voyaging to the center of the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2012
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The spark of a new era
Seventy-five years ago this Halloween, at 9 a.m., a truck from the California Institute of Technology turned on to a road owned by the Pasadena Water Department and after heading down a small hill came to a stop. Its tired ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2011
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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 Exploration
May 26, 2011
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