Deflecting asteroids could lead to more versatile spaceprobes
The UK’s first engineering feasibility study into missions for deflecting asteroids has begun.
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Greg Olsen To Perform Research On ISS For European Space Agency
Space Adventures announced Tuesday a science agreement with the European Space Agency, for a research program to be performed with Greg Olsen, Ph.D. who will visit the International Space Station next month.
Sep 27, 2005
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Hurricane Historian Says This Season Worst In Record In Many Ways
"Whether this season is the worst on record or even in recent memory depends on the criteria used to define 'worst,'" says Eric Gross, associate professor of history at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., who studies hurricanes ...
Sep 27, 2005
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Weighing Up Shenzhou 6
As we enter the final weeks before the launch of China's second manned space mission, it's time to weigh up the relevance of the latest tidbits released through the Chinese media.
Sep 27, 2005
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Launch Of Russia Rocket Postponed
The launch of a Kosmos-3 booster from Russia's northern cosmodrome Plesetsk has been postponed from September 30 to a later date, reports Itar-Tass.
Sep 27, 2005
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NASA's Pluto Space Probe Begins Launch Preparations
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday for final preparations and testing for the probe's decade-long journey. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon ...
Sep 27, 2005
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NASA Facilities Weather Hurricane Rita
The three NASA facilities that were in the path of Hurricane Rita are now making damage assessments and cleaning up. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and Stennis Space Center ...
Sep 27, 2005
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Voyager Finds Three Surprises Near Our Solar System's Edge
A trio of surprise discoveries from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft reveals intriguing new information about our solar system's final frontier. The findings appear in the Sept. 23 issue of Science.
Sep 27, 2005
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From aircraft aerodynamics to improved heart implants
At first glance airplane wings and human hearts have little in common, but, say a team of European researchers, a technology used to measure airflow over wings can now be used to help keep hearts in working order.
Sep 27, 2005
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Molecule Walks Like a Human
A research team, led by UC Riverside’s Ludwig Bartels, is the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. It achieves this by closely mimicking human walking. The “nano-walker” offers ...
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