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Astronauts assemble Canadian robot on 7-hour walk
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2008Two US astronauts finished assembling the Canadian robot Dextre on Tuesday during a nearly seven-hour space walk outside the International Space Station, NASA said. Rick Linnehan and Robert Behnken put together the tool-handling assembly of the 200 million dollar (126 million euro) robot and attached a spare-parts platform, readying Dextre to undertake delicate maintenance tasks which have ... more Dextre Flexes It's Muscles And Gets Ready To Work On The ISS 
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Mar 19, 2008After a picture-perfect night launch on March 11 and three spacewalks to assemble it, Dextre was activated today. Canada's advanced, two-armed robot is now successfully installed on the International Space Station and ready for action. Endeavour's Canadarm lifted Dextre from its cradle in the Shuttle payload bay and handed it over to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 in a majestic ... more Frozen Life Cubes 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008If extraterrestrial life exists in the solar system, there is a good chance that it will be discovered as frozen remains trapped in a block of ice. Mars's ice caps are one possible location. Another is the surface ice of Jupiter's moon Europa, which scientists believe harbors an ice-capped ocean. Scientists dream about bringing ice sample from Mars or Europa back to Earth for study. A robot ... more Spacewalkers ready next trek to complete robot 
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2008Astronauts on Sunday prepared to make a third spacewalk to finish assembling a mechanical maintenance robot named Dextre outside the International Space Station. Two US astronauts had in an earlier spacewalk attached mechanical arms to the Canadian-made robot, enabling it to take over some human tasks and reducing the need for future risky trips outside the station. Mission Specialists ... more Spacewalkers begin Canadian robot assembly 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008Two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station Saturday to put together a Canadian-made robot that will take over human tasks and help reduce the need for risky spacewalks. Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan and Mike Foreman, who arrived last week aboard shuttle Endeavour, embarked on a seven-hour spacewalk using socket wrenches and drills to bolt the Dextre robot's two 11- ... more |
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Kourou (AFP) Mar 09, 2008The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station. The Automated Transfer Vehicle, a nearly 20-tonne payload the size of a London double-decker bus, blasted into the skies aboard a beefed-up Ariane 5 launcher, an AFP reporter saw. After being placed in orbit ... more Europe Ready To Launch World's Latest Space Freighter 
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2008The most advanced robot freighter in space history is due for its maiden launch this weekend, crowning Europe's involvement in the troubled International Space Station. If all goes well, a beefed-up Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from French Guiana at 0339 GMT on Sunday, taking aloft a cylindrical craft the size of a London double-decker bus that will play a unique dual role of cargo ... more iRobot Receives Award For DARPA LANdroids Program 
Burlington MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008iRobot has announced it has received an award under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) LANdroids program. Through this multi-year robotics research and development program, iRobot will develop a new portable communications relay robot that is small, inexpensive, intelligent and robust. The new effort takes advantage of the company's extensive experience in mobile robot desig ... more Coming soon to Japan: remote control with a wink 
Tokyo (AFP) March 3, 2008Don't read to much into someone winking at you in Japan -- a researcher says he has developed a system that will soon let people run their iPods with the flick of an eye. The system, comprising a single-chip computer and a couple of infrared sensors, monitors movements of the temple and is so tiny that it can be built into the side of a pair of eyeglasses. Closing both eyes for one second ... more Opportunity Proceeds With Caution On Sandy Slopes 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008After recovering from a stall in Joint 1, which controls the compass orientation of the shoulder on the rover's robotic arm, Opportunity is proceeding carefully to its next target, an exposure of layered rocks known as "Gilbert." Opportunity ran the usual diagnostic tests for this sort of fault, which occurred while the rover was studying a rock target known as "Buckland," and successfully place ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed to swim untethered under ice, creating three-dimensional maps of underwater environments. The probe also will collect data on environmental conditions and take samples of microbial life. Researchers gathered last week in Madison, Wisconsin to test the probe under ... more Britain considers manned space missions 
London (UPI) Feb 14, 2008 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
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