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 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 08, 2009 
Japan will launch its first domestic cargo spaceship to the International Space Station ISS on September 10, a Russian space official said on Monday. The spacecraft was built by Japan's space agency JAXA, and will lift off on board the country's new H-2B rocket. It will deliver about 4.5 metric tons of scientific equipment to the orbital station. "The launch of the Japanese H-2B ... read more
Housotn TX (SPX) Sep 08, 2009The crew woke at 11:30 a.m. EDT to "Only One," performed by Jeremy Kay and played for Mission Specialist Danny Olivas. At 2:09 p.m. Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez and Flight Engineer Nicole Stott took questions from reporters at Telemundo, WTSP-TV in Florida, and Univision. Leonardo is back inside Discovery's payload bay and latched down for the ride home. Shuttle astronauts Kevin Ford ... more
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Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2009A Swedish astronaut and his US colleague floated out of shuttle Discovery on Thursday to conduct the mission's second spacewalk at the International Space Station, NASA said. The pair exited the shuttle over China at 1012 GMT for an excursion expected to last 6.5-hours, after the US space agency determined that space debris drifting towards the shuttle and ISS posed no threat. Swede Chri ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2009A large piece of space debris drifted toward the International Space Station Thursday, but NASA said it would not affect the second of three spacewalks outside the orbiter. "Mission control evaluated a piece of space junk and decided it's not necessary to move the space shuttle/space station to avoid it," NASA said on its Twitter feed. Astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer ... more  
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 2, 2009 Japanese scientists say they've built a robot designed to cope with the world's aging population by assisting staff and patients at care facilities. Researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Tokyo and Japan's Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd. named the robot Riba -- Robot for Interactive Body Assistance. The scientists said Ribia makes use of the latest in sensor, c ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 31, 2009The US shuttle Discovery made a textbook docking Sunday with the International Space Station where a total of 13 astronauts now begin nine days together improving and supplying the orbiting outpost. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed the docking procedure, which occurred at 0054 GMT, about 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Commander Rick Sturckow guided the ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sept 01, 2009Boeing will demonstrate its ground robotics capabilities at the U.S. Army's first Robotics Rodeo, to be held Sept. 1-3 at Fort Hood, Texas. The event is sponsored by the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Fort Hood's III Corps. The event is an opportunity for industry to demonstrate to Army and government officials how the latest robotic ... more 
Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2009The US shuttle Discovery made a picture-perfect docking with the International Space Station late Sunday, hooking up with the orbiting outpost eight minutes ahead of schedule. The US space agency NASA confirmed the docking procedure, which allows the seven-member Discovery crew to open a hatch and climb into the ISS to begin their nine days together with the six astronauts aboard there, at 7:54 pm (2354 GMT) over the Atlantic ocean. Commander Rick Sturckow guided the shuttle to a "smooth-as-silk" soft docking, said a commentator on NASA TV. ... more |
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