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 Houston, Texas (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 
The shuttle Atlantis landed back on Earth Friday, capping a mission to the International Space Station and bringing NASA's small fleet of winged spaceships closer to looming retirement. Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts touched down at 9:44 am (1444 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under mostly sunny skies. During their 11-day mission, Atlantis delivered and equipped ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 26, 2009Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims. In a nation that takes its humanoids seriously, the International Robot Exhibition kicked off this week, showing off the latest whirring and buzzing inventions from 192 companies and 64 organisations from at home and ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Coimbatore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2009The data gathered by Chandrayaan-I mission provides vast scope for research on the moon, a top ISRO scientist has said. India, through Chandrayaan, was the pioneer in discovering existence of water on moon and similarly there was possibility of existence of minerals, including titanium, on it, Chandrayaan project director Mylswamy Annadurai said here. On Chandrayaan-II, he said the ... more  
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2009Responding to an urgent operational requirement QinetiQ has announced that it has been awarded contracts by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to supply approaching 100 Dragon Runner robots, associated spares and technical services to support of current military operations in Afghanistan. Dragon Runner is a small, rugged robot that weighs between 10-20kg depending on the chosen configuration ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2009Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight - creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to 5,000 meters (~3 miles) below the ocean waves. Revealed via deep-towed cameras, sonar and other vanguard technologies, animals known to thrive in an eternal watery ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 18, 2009NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article - in a record 10 months - to demonstrate the ability to perform a controlled landing on the moon or other airless planetary bodies. During recent tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the lander test article was suspended up 10.5 feet from the landing pad. Releas ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2009Driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. These are the first driving commands since Spirit became embedded in a Martian sandtrap approximately six months ago. These commands will be transmitted to Spirit at 1 a.m. PST (4 a.m. EST) Tuesday, Nov. 17. The rover will be instructed to drive straight ahead (north) in two steps. Each step will be a comma ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2009NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. Drawing on observations from NASA's Mars missions, the "Be a Martian" Web site will enable the public to participate as citizen scientists to improve Martian maps, take part in research tasks, and assist Mars science teams studying da ... more |
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