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The 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing is a time to look back and, especially, an opportunity to look forward to future space exploration, including the Moon missions now being planned by NASA and other space agencies, said Mark A. Bishop, an associate research scientist with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. Bishop talked with commentators Matthew Abraham and David B ... read more 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Endeavour's crew is enjoying off-duty time this afternoon before undertaking preparations for Wednesday's third spacewalk. At 5:58 p.m. the crew will conduct a spacewalk procedure review and at 8:28 p.m. spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy will camp out in the Quest Airlock. The International Space Station crew goes to sleep at 9:33 p.m., followed 30 minutes later by the shuttle crew. ... more
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Spirit, positioned on the west side of Home Plate, has been continuing her ambitious science campaign of remote sensing and in-situ (contact) science using all her payload elements. On Sol 1963 (July 11, 2009), the robotic arm (instrument deployment device, or IDD) retracted the rock abrasion tool (RAT) from the surface where it had been positioned by an earlier placement. The rover ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 20, 2009The European Space Agency (ESA), on the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, said Monday any return to the moon had to be more than a flag-planting mission and multinational cooperation was key. ESA Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain said that in 1969, Apollo 11's exploit was seen in terms of superpower rivalry, but today perceptions had changed. "I think the most important ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2009This scene combines seven frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,891st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 28, 2009). It covers a vista from south-southeast on the left to northeast on the right. This view is from the position Spirit reached with a drive that moved the rover only about 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) ... more  
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jul 21, 2009The space shuttle Endeavour has docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:47 p.m. EDT, as they floated in tandem about 400 km above Earth. About two hours later at 3:48 p.m. EDT, the hatch between the two spacecrafts was opened and the first six permanent ISS residents welcomed aboard the crew of mission STS-127. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, who launched to the Station on ... more |
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France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow againParis, France Jan 13, 2026 France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate goals, according to provisional government-commissioned estimates published on Tuesday. ... more 
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How IVRT Testing Ensures Consistent Product QualityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Stringent quality control is essential in the pharmaceutical industry, as both cosmetics and pharmaceutical products must maintain a high standard of quality. Any deviation from these standards poses a significant threat to their market survival. ... more
  
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Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2026 AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine. ... more
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Melbourne (UPI) Jul 15, 2009 Global artificial intelligence companies will battle it out in Australia's outback to be one of the winners of a competition to design next-generation combat robots. Judges for the Australian-led competition will chose five companies to be given hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to further develop their prototypes next year. The Australian government working with ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 17, 2009International Space Station raised out of its orbit Friday to avoid a piece of space junk, ahead of a space walk by crew members of the US shuttle Endeavour to complete work on the orbiting outpost. "We've known about it for several days, it's not a concern, and we're doing this only as a precaution," NASA said on the micro-blogging website Twitter, describing the space junk as simply "numbe ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 17, 2009The US space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked at the International Space Station on Friday amid questions about the integrity of the shuttle's heat shield. "Commander Mark Polansky docked space shuttle Endeavor to the International Space Station's Harmony node at 1:47 pm (1747 GMT) while flying 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the Gulf of Carpentaria," off Australia, NASA said. ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 18, 2009Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Endeavour ventured out on Saturday for the first of five planned spacewalks aimed at completing a Japanese laboratory at the International Space Station. Tim Kopra, who was making his first space walk, and Dave Wolf, an old hand with four walks under his belt, emerged from the decompression chamber of the International Space Station (ISS) at 1619 GMT, ... more |
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