News tagged with zero gravity
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Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American
(AP) -- A Russian rocket blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan into brilliant blue skies Friday, transporting a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 02, 2010 |
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Futuristic Rocket Lands; 'Bird on Fire' Featured
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 40-foot high rocket from the future and a 20-foot tall bird with its head and wings on fire will light up on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2010 |
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UA Engineers are First to Use Space Station Test Bed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research on an aluminum-silicon alloy in space could lead to stronger materials manufactured on Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2010 |
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China's space station plan delayed for 'technical reasons'
China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Prof gets messages from space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Barbara Frisken received several messages from outer space this year on her answering machine.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2009 |
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ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan
A space capsule carrying a Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday after the trio spent half a year on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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Students demonstrate flux pinning in low gravity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Cornell researchers recently tested their work on the mysterious physical phenomenon of flux pinning aboard a near-zero gravity aircraft.
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Circus tycoon clowns around aboard space station
(AP) -- A Canadian circus billionaire boarded the International Space Station on Friday after a smooth ride up from Earth, and promptly played the entertainer by donning a red clown nose for a camera.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Fluid Dynamics Research to Make Peeing in Space More Comfortable and Sanitary (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering students at UC San Diego are studying the fluid dynamics of water in order to build a more comfortable and sanitary urine collection device for space travel.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Atlantis astronauts who fixed Hubble earn day off
(AP) -- After five grueling spacewalks to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis gets a day off.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 20, 2009 |
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Astronauts need more intense workouts to maintain muscle fitness in space
A new study in the The Journal of Applied Physiology, suggests that astronauts need to modify their workouts to avoid extensive muscle loss during missions onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Apr 02, 2009 |
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No sweat: Shuttle's exercise gear on the fritz
Space junk from a Soviet satellite no longer poses a threat to Discovery shuttle, but astronauts face a vexing new problem: the spacecraft's exercise equipment is on the fritz, NASA said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Japan astronaut to try flying carpet in space lab: official
A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space agency official said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2009 |
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