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Third And Final STS-130 Spacewalk TonightHouston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 4:15 p.m. EST to the song "Window on the World" by Jimmy Buffett, played for Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire. The mission's third and final spacewalk is today. Spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will complete the work on the Tranquility node and the cupola's exterior, including removing covers and launch locks. Inside, Expedition 22 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi will move a robotics workstation, which has served as a backup inside the Des ... read more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 12, 2010Two NASA astronauts were readying to undertake a second spacewalk Saturday to complete work on a seven-windowed observation dome aboard the International Space Station. Crew members from the shuttle Endeavour and space station entered the newly set-up Tranquility node and cupola late Friday, but the dome's window shutters remained closed, denying astronauts the first spectacular panoramic vi ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2010Spirit is now parked for the winter in the embedded area called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. The last winter-preparatory movement of the rover was commanded on Sol 2169 (Feb. 8, 2010). The rover was commanded to flatten the suspension system on the right side and accentuate the suspension wheelie on the left side, all to enhance northerly tilt. Very little change in tilt was achi ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 11, 2010A new approach in the design of miniature, insectlike robots could lead to "microids" the size of ants that move their tiny legs and mandibles using solid-state "muscles." Advanced computer simulations indicate these synthetic bugs would have significantly better dexterity than previous microscale robots. The robots also might be able to "scavenge vibrational energy" from the environment t ... more |
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Advanced Algorithms to Enhance Mobile Autonomous RobotsEglin AFB FL (AFNS) Feb 11, 2010 Air 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 employ not only a variety of locomotion techniques in order to navigate different terrains, but an assortment of c ... read more |
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