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In maiden voyage, European space freighter docks with ISS Toulouse, France (AFP) April 3, 2008 
Europe's robot freighter successfully docked on its maiden voyage Thursday with the International Space Station, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) hooked up with mankind's orbiting outpost at 1445 GMT, prompting cheers and applause to erupt at mission control in this southwestern French city. Named after French science fiction pioneer Jules ... read more
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European Space Freighter cleared to dock with ISS: ESA
Paris (AFP) April 2, 2008Europe's brand-new robot space freighter received final clearance to dock with the International Space Station (ISS), officials at the European Space Agency announced Wednesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named the Jules Verne after the French pioneer of science fiction, will make its first attempt to link up to the orbiting space station on Thursday at 1441 GMT, said ESA management ... more Scientists Discover 10 New Planets Outside Solar System 
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008An international team of astronomers has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a great deal of information about these other worlds, some of which are quite exotic. The system is expected to revolutionize scientific understanding of how planets form. Two participating astronomers from the U.S. ... more Toshiba robot can do the job of the remote control 
Tokyo (AFP) March 31, 2008Fed up with increasingly hard-to-use remote controls? Researchers at Japan's Toshiba have developed a small, talking robot that can learn how to do it for you. Instead of trying to remember which button to press on a remote control, users could simply ask the table-top robot to turn on the television or other appliances using its own infrared signal, Toshiba said. The 21-centimetre ... more European space freighter in dress rehearsal for ISS hookup 
Paris (AFP) March 31, 2008Europe's brand-new robot space freighter inched towards the International Space Station on Monday as mission controllers practised emergency manoeuvres ahead of a maiden linkup on Thursday. Navigating for the first time with a laser-based optical system, the Automated Transfer Vehicle moved to within just 11 metres (35.75 feet) of the ISS' docking port, the European Space Agency ... more A Vision For Exploration 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008There are many fascinating places in our solar system to explore, but space missions are dangerous and expensive. Sending robots instead of people helps reduce these drawbacks. For this kind of exploration, Professor Bernard Foing looks to the Moon, Mars and beyond, hoping to discover tantalising secrets useful to astrobiologists. Foing is the senior research coordinator at the European ... more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 27, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after carrying Japan's maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station on a record-setting mission. Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:39 pm Wednesday (0039 GMT Thursday) after a 16-day mission that included a record 12-day docking at the ISS and five spacewalks -- the most ever embarked upon ... more High-Schoolers Go Into Overdrive At FIRST Robotics Competition 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Fifty-two teams from high schools in Southern California, Arizona and New Hampshire competed in the Los Angeles FIRST Robotics Competition last Friday and Saturday. Five teams, one sponsored by JPL and another sponsored by the Dryden Flight Research Center, will go on to the worldwide competition, to be held April 17-19 in Atlanta. The teams from Hope Chapel Academy, Hermosa Beach ... more In Japan, robot babysitter always ready to play 
Fukuoka, Japan (AFP) March 25, 2008Japanese parents who can't find a good babysitter now have an alternative that never gets tired -- a friendly robot at the local department store. Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children. If parents want to leave their children with ... more Sturdy Rover Gets No Penalty For Tilting 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Scarcely a pinball wizard on Earth could tilt the machine nearly 30 degrees without ending play, yet engineers tilted NASA's Spirit rover 29.9 degrees and completed the robotic equivalent of a one-armed toe-touch to test its stability. The rover remained in play, racking up scientific data points after remaining perfectly balanced even while pressing the ground with its Mossbauer spectrometer ... more Adept Technology Supplies Robotics To German Solar Cell Production Equipment Manufacturer 
Livermore CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Adept Technology has announced that its automation software, robotics and system products have been selected by SLS Solar Line Saxony as standard products for their automation equipment for solar cell production. SLS was established as a joint venture between Roth and Rau AG Germany and USK Karl Utz Sondermaschinen Germany to accelerate the production ... more |
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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 Astronauts Enter Japanese Station Module; Power To Robot Restored 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008US and Japanese astronauts have entered for the first time a newly-installed Japanese module as engineers restored power to a Canadian-made robot that is key to future work in building the International Space Station. Marking the beginning of Japan's scientific work aboard the station, ISS Commander Peggy Whitson and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi opened the module at 0123 GMT ... more Endeavour prepares for ISS docking 
Houston (UPI) Mar 12, 2008 U.S. space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 crew completed its first full day in space Wednesday, preparing for arrival at the International Space Station. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the astronauts inspected the orbiter's heat shield and prepared for their arrival at the ISS at 11:25 p.m. During the day the crew used the shuttle's robotic arm and orbiter ... more
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