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Discovery makes safe return to EarthHouston, Texas (AFP) April 20, 2010 Discovery touched down Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center, making a safe return to Earth after a two-week resupply mission to the International Space Station. Mission Control gave Discovery's astronauts approval for the landing at 1308 GMT after repeated delays. With Discovery's return, just three missions remain before the shuttle fleet is retired. NASA will turn to Russia to transport Americans to the ISS until it can help to foster a healthy commercial space taxi industry. President Obama reinforced the controversial policy during a visit to the Kennedy Space Center last week. ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 11, 2010Two astronauts from the US shuttle Discovery completed Sunday a second spacewalk as part of efforts to replace a depleted ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station. Mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson finished their seven-hour, 26-minute walk in open space at 8:56 am EDT (1256 GMT), after installing a new ammonia tank on a space station truss, NASA offic ... more  
Sydney, Australiw (SPX) Apr 12, 2010Robots are coming to a Moon near you very soon. Aside from a new fleet of orbiters, some will be landing within three years. There will be rovers deployed on the Moon, and sample return missions. This new wave of missions is brought to you by the governments of the USA, China, India and a collection of private ventures. With so much attention focused on revisiting the Moon, it's time to re ... more
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2010Two 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 sp ... more |
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Japanese robo-suit promises superpowers for greying farmersTokyo (AFP) April 9, 2010 While Robocop and Iron Man can dodge bullets and crush villains, a new powered suit from Japan promises its elderly users more modest powers, such as pulling up radishes without getting a backache. Unlike its heavily-armed Hollywood counterparts, the Power Assist Suit aims to make life easier for Japan's army of greying farmers. The metal-and-plastic exoskeleton boasts eight electric motors that amplify the strength of the wearer's arms and legs, as well as sensors that can detect movements and ... read more |
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