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Discovery astronauts begin spacewalkWashington (AFP) April 9, 2010 Two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery began a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday, working on an ammonia tank on the outside of the International Space Station, NASA said. Mission specialists Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio left the shuttle's airlock at 0531 GMT for the first of three space walks during the 13-day mission to resupply the space station. Mastracchio, the lead spacewalker, was seen in images beamed to Earth working on an ammonia tank on the outside of the space station, ... read more |
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Sao Paulo (AFP) March 19, 2010Brazilian surgeons used a multi-armed robot to repair a hole in a woman's heart in the first operation of its kind in Latin America, they told AFP Friday. Robinson Poffo, one of the surgeons involved, said the procedure was performed on a 35-year-old patient this week at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. "There was a hole between the right side and left side of the heart. We cor ... more 
Lexington MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2010WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Military Ground Robots and unmanned vehicles. The 2010 study has 513 pages, 190 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the military ground robots and unmanned vehicles are used globally. Growth comes as the nature of combat changes in every region while the globally integrated enterprise replaces ... more 
Lexington MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2010WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on first responder, law enforcement, and homeland security ground robots. The 2010 study has 460 pages, 165 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the first responder and homeland security ground robots are used globally. Growth comes as the border patrols and law enforcement agencies use robo ... more |
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Crew Does Science, Prepares For UndockingHouston TX (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 The Expedition 22 crew aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific research Tuesday while preparing for the departure of two of its members. Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer worked on the Long Term Microgravity: A Model for Investigating Mechanisms of Heart Disease with New Portable Equipment (Card) experiment that studies blood pressure decreases when the human body is exposed to microgravity. In order to increase the blood pressure to the level it was on Earth, salt is added to the c ... read more |
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