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Britain considers manned space missions
London (UPI) Feb 14, 2007 The British government may be rethinking its decision not to pursue manned space missions. A strategy document published this week calls for an international space facility to focus on climate change and robotic space exploration, The Times of London said Thursday. Space Minister Ian Pearson said satellite communications and space technology provide strong business opportunities. ... more STS-122 Spacewalkers Complete Second Outing As Mission Extended 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel completed the second of STS-122's three scheduled spacewalks at 4:12pm EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 45 minutes. The spacewalkers completed the removal of an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly and the installation of a new one on the P1 truss. The tank is part of the orbital outpost's cooling system. With the help of the station's robot ... more Columbus Installed In New Home On ISS 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 13, 2008The European Columbus laboratory has completed its voyage to the International Space Station. Columbus was officially attached to the right side of the Harmony module at 22:44 CET this evening. ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who was at the controls of the Station's robotic arm for the final capture and initial berthing of Columbus, reported to Mission Control, "The European Columbus module is no ... more Robot Plumbs Wisconsin Lake On Way To Antarctica, Jovian Moon 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008A University of Illinois at Chicago scientist will lead a team testing a robotic probe in a polar-style, under-ice exploration that may have out-of-this world applications. But the team will keep to a venue that's much closer to home. Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at UIC, lead the team working in the icy waters of Lake Mendota off the campus of the University ... more Robotic Rats To Aid In Rescue Missions 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, the USA and Israel, has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature. Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic ... more |
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Reston VA (SPX) Feb 04, 2008Northrop Grumman has provided technical support, repairs, and service for Remotec-produced robots that were used to bolster security during the match-up between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Northrop Grumman subsidiary, Remotec, assisted the Phoenix and Glendale Police Departments by supporting Remotec-built robots prov ... more Europe sets launch window for maiden mission of space freighter 
Paris (AFP) Jan 29, 2008The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said it expected to carry out the maiden launch of a robot supply ship to the orbital space station between February 22 and March 8 or 9. "The ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) will be launched from the 22nd February to the 8th, 9th March," John Ellwood, mission manager in charge of the unmanned space freighter, told journalists here. ... more Boeing And SAIC Announce Accelerated Testing Of FCS Early Prototype Systems 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Boeing and partner Science Applications International, the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, announced that the Army has accelerated test schedules for two FCS robotic prototypes based on current readiness levels and positive feedback from soldiers who are using early versions of the systems in Iraq and Afghanistan. Beginning this month, 25 FC ... more Military eyes new robotic vision system 
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2007 Researchers say the military may employ small robots equipped with advanced three-dimensional vision technology in as little as a year. The U.S. military plans to use three-dimensional flash laser radar-, or ladar-, equipped robots to explore chemically contaminated areas and researchers see the technology reaching the consumer markets shortly thereafter, the Christian Science Monitor r ... more Flying robot to track whales off Australia: report 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2008A flying robot is to join the fight to save the world's whales by taking part in an aerial survey to count humpbacks off Australia, a report said Sunday. The remote-controlled drone will patrol waters off Australia's North Stradbroke Island, taking pictures scientists hope will enable them to count the migrating whales, Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper said. Scientists hope using the five-m ... more |
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Toulouse, France (ESA) Dec 31, 2007A multinational team of ground controllers are undergoing intense training for the launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), one of the most complex spacecraft ever built and flown by ESA. It is 05:00 at the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France, and the simulator operator watches as his computer screen shows the initialisation of a computer simulation of the ATV spacecraft ... more NASA Delays Mars Scout Mission To 2013 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2007NASA has decided that the next mission in the Mars Scout program, originally planned for launch in 2011, is now targeted for launch in 2013. The schedule slip is because of an organizational conflict of interest that was discovered in one of the mission proposal team's Phase A Concept Study. This was the shortest delay for the mission possible because opportunities to send spacecraft to Mars occ ... more Russian railways seek help from dancing robots 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Russian railways want tiny robots to replace humans in difficult maintenance work, and they want Russian-made androids that can dance and talk. Prototypes of tested Russian robots "surpass foreign-produced robots with their technical characteristics," according to a statement from Russian railways on Thursday. They have bought eight Russian robots for testing. Seven are 35-centimetres (1 ... more iRobot Wins 286 Million Dollar US Army Contract 
Burlington MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2007iRobot has announced it has been awarded the xBot contract, a $286 million Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Under the terms of the contract, the Army could order up to 3,000 military robots, sp ... more India installs antennas for planned moon mission: official 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Dec 16, 2007India has installed a pair of giant antennas to monitor a planned robotic mission to the moon next year, making it one of a few nations with deep space tracking ability, officials said. The deep space network at Byalalu, 45 kilometres (30 miles) from Bangalore, will keep track of the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission and provide command support during its two-year orbit around the moon, India's sp ... more
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