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Reisman, Bowen Complete First STS-132 SpacewalkHouston TX (SPX) May 18, 2010 Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen completed a seven hour, 25 minute spacewalk at 3:19 p.m. EDT. The new space-to-ground antenna they installed will increase the space station's ability to conduct two-way data, voice, and video communications. They put into place a new tool platform for the Dextre robot, and Bowen prepared six batteries that will be installed during the second and third spacewalks by loosening the bolts that hold the batteries in place. The batteries weigh approximately 2, ... read more |
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New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 16, 2010BP succeeded Sunday in capturing "some" oil and gas by inserting a mile-long tube into the main Gulf of Mexico leak, but would not say if it was a significant percentage of the gusher or just a dribble. Despite the uncertainty, it was still the first tangible sign of success in more than three weeks of efforts to prevent at least 210,000 gallons of oil from spewing unabated into the sea each ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2010The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time before becoming a museum piece. The 32nd and final voyage for Atlantis, which first launched in 1985, will take six astronauts to the orbiting space research facility, delivering an integrated cargo carrier and a Russian-built mini r ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) May 13, 2010In a lecture on Monday at MIT, NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. defended President Barack Obama's controversial plans for the U.S. space agency's future and touted the president's plan to invest billions of dollars in basic science research. Some in Congress have criticized Obama's proposal to cancel the Constellation program, which would have sent humans to the moon by 2020, sayin ... more |
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Benefits of dispersants in treating spill must outweigh costs: EPAVenice, Louisiana (AFP) May 12, 2010 Chemical dispersants will be used to battle a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill only as long as their environmental benefits outweigh the costs, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency pledged Wednesday. More than 1.5 million liters (400,000 gallons) of dispersants have been sprayed across the massive slick spreading out of the wreckage of a BP-leased offshore rig which sank nearly three weeks ago. Environmentalists, scientists and fisherman have raised concerns that the dispersants co ... read more |
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