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Medical scan sensitivity boosted »
Posted by: WikiMap 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
A technique using the fuel which powers the space shuttle could make a form of medical scan much more sensitive. The University of York developers ...
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Shuttle set for Friday landing »
Posted by: altnrg 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
NASA says the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour have completed checks on the orbiter and so far found no damage to its ceramic tiles ...
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Discovery to bring mice, gear to space station »
Posted by: altnrg 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The shuttle Discovery crew scrambled aboard their ship on Monday for an early Tuesday launch to the International Space Station to deliver supplies, laboratory gear ...
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Spy Gave Space Shuttle Secrets To China »
Posted by: SeanRasmussen 5 months ago in News
A Chinese-born engineer in the United States has been found guilty of passing space shuttle technology secrets to China, for more than 30 years.
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Safe Landing For Discovery - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, concluding a 13-day mission that spanned more ...
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Steve Payne Interview - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months ago in Science & Technology
Steve Payne interviewed on "what teams are doing" before the launch of space shuttle Discovery.
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Repaired Hubble telescope back in action | The Space Shot - CNET News »
Posted by: vel 3 months ago in Science & Technology
NASA scientists showed off spectacular new pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday, a stunning gallery of remote galaxies, a stellar nursery, an enormous globular ...
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Politics Live: Video: Obama taps former astronaut as NASA chief »
Posted by: SNance 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its own, a calming well-liked former space shuttle commander.
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Rogue Black Holes Wandering About The Milky Way »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact ...
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Share Your Nightscape With The World »
Posted by: dantecali 9 months ago in Science & Technology
GLOBE at night, the international star-counting program, starts on Monday, 16 March, 2009, a key activity during this International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009). Running between ...
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Successful Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery [video] »
Posted by: dantecali 9 months ago in Science & Technology
After pushing back the launch of Discovery for the STS-119 mission for various reasons, the shuttle finally heads to the International Space Station.
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GOCE Mission Will Study Earth's Gravity [redOrbit video] »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months ago in News
ESA's GOCE mission is dedicated to measuring the Earth's gravity field and modelling the geoid with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution.
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Lunar Orbiter Ships South For Launch Prep - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 10 months ago in Science & Technology
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft was loaded on a truck Wednesday to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...
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Astronauts Complete Toughest Repair Job Yet »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months ago in News
Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel completed the third spacewalk of Atlantis’ mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in 6 hours and 36 minutes ...
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NASA, ESA Join Forces On Jupiter Moon Missions - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: dantecali 9 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Officials with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Washington last week, deciding to pursue an ambitious plan to send a probe on ...
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