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Robot assembles truss structures autonomously

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like something straight out of "Star Wars," armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up towers and skyscrapers to make repairs in the not-so-distant future, so humans don't have to.

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Space image: Expedition 30 cosmonauts perform spacewalk

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, was taken during a spacewalk on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spacewalking astronauts move crane, skip shields

Two spacewalking astronauts moved a construction crane outside the International Space Station on Thursday, a cumbersome job that took so long they scrapped hanging shields to protect against space junk. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Two Russian astronauts step outside space station

(AP) -- Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station are taking a spacewalk.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Moscow's Mars volunteers to 'land' after 520 days

Six volunteers Friday will emerge blinking into the outside world after spending almost one-and-a-half-years in isolation at a Russian research centre to test the effects on humans of a flight to Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Space Image: A bright sun and earth's horizon seen from the space station

The bright sun, a portion of the International Space Station and Earth's horizon are featured in this image photographed during the STS-134 mission's fourth spacewalk in May 2011.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Space first: Live 3-D images from orbit

Astronauts have produced the first live 3-D video images in the 50-year history of space travel, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Spacewalking astronauts nix release of satellite

(AP) -- Flight controllers halted the release of a ham radio satellite outside the International Space Station by a pair of spacewalking astronauts Wednesday because one antenna may be missing.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Astronauts go from Elton John salute to trash duty

(AP) -- The astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight turned into moving men and garbage haulers Wednesday with no time to dwell on their place in space history, after enjoying a special salute from the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Astronauts turn into 'moving men' at space station

(AP) -- The 10 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex can turn all their attention to hauling things back and forth now that their single spacewalk is over.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Last spacewalk of US shuttle era ends (Update 2)

Two US astronauts wrapped up the last spacewalk of the shuttle era Tuesday at the International Space Station, where Atlantis is docked on the final mission of the 30-year US program.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

NASA adds extra day to Atlantis's final mission

Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis will get one extra day in space as they restock the International Space Station with a year's worth of food and supplies, NASA said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's space program shoots for moon, Mars, Venus

This year, a rocket will carry a boxcar-sized module into orbit, the first building block for a Chinese space station. Around 2013, China plans to launch a lunar probe that will set a rover loose on the moon. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 22

Debris may be on collision course with space lab: NASA

NASA is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station, the US space agency said Sunday after the shuttle Atlantis docked on its final mission.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

One reporter's look back at the space shuttle era

(AP) -- A space shuttle commander once confided that countdowns were invented merely to make astronauts nervous, and he was - every time. But when the count reached zero and the booster rockets ignited, he ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0