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ISS gets room with a view as astronauts attach space cupolaWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 Endeavour astronauts on Monday attached a windowed cupola to the International Space Station (ISS), affording its inhabitants a spectacular view of Earth, as well as additional living and work space. The windowed dome was placed on an Earth-facing port on the Tranquility module, installed during the space shuttle mission's first two spacewalks. A final spacewalk is set for late Tuesday (0209 GMT Wednesday). "The International Space Station's new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provid ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) Feb 10, 2010A South Korean-developed robot that played to acclaim in "Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs" is set for more leading theatre roles this year, a scientist said Wednesday. EveR-3 (Eve Robot 3) starred in various dramas last year including the government-funded "Dwarfs" which attracted a full house, said Lee Ho-Gil, of the state-run Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. The lifelike E ... more  
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 10, 2010The US space shuttle Endeavour docked on schedule Wednesday with the orbiting International Space Station, NASA announced. At 0506 GMT Endeavour Commander George Zamka backed the space shuttle "into pressurized mating adapter number 2 on the International Space Station's Harmony node," NASA said in a statement. "The two spacecraft were flying 225 miles (362 kilometers) up and off the nor ... more  
Eglin AFB FL (AFNS) Feb 11, 2010Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Imagination Engines, Inc., a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop advanced algorithms for mobile autonomous robots. The Air Force needs creative terrain-sensing and multivalued behavior-fusion algorithms for these robots due to the high uncertainty and complexity of battlefield environments. Mobile autonomous robots must empl ... more |
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Astronauts inspect Endeavour's thermal protection systemCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said. The crew soared into orbit Monday carrying an observation deck for the International Space Station, a seven-windowed dome offering breathtaking views. On much of their first day working in space, Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kay Hire, Stephen Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken ... read more |
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