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cosmonauts Complete First Expedition 24 SpacewalkHouston TX (SPX) Jul 28, 2010 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko concluded a six-hour, 42-minute spacewalk Tuesday at 6:53 a.m. EDT. The cosmonauts began their spacewalk when they opened the hatches of the Pirs docking compartment at 12:11 a.m. This was the 147th spacewalk overall in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance. The cosmonauts wore their Russian Orlan spacesuits to outfit the new Rassvet module for a Kurs automated rendezvous system capability for future dockings of Rus ... read more |
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Wellington (AFP) July 16, 2010Two New Zealand inventors have produced what they claim are the world's first robotic legs to help paraplegics walk again. The bionic legs were road-tested publicly for the first time Thursday by 23-year-old Hayden Allen who was told five years ago he would never walk again after being paralysed from the chest down in a motorcycle accident. Allen said the experience of being able to stan ... more  
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 19, 2010What would be the point of holding a soccer world championship if we couldn't distinguish the ball from its background? Simply unthinkable! But then again, wouldn't it be fantastic if your favourite team's striker could see the movements of the ball in slow motion! Unfortunately, this advantage only belongs to flies. The minute brains of these aeronautic acrobats process visual movements i ... more  
New Orleans (AFP) July 18, 2010Three sport fishermen guided their boat up a oil-stained Louisiana coastline in a hopeful if tentative show of optimism, just days after BP finally capped the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico. The trio expressed a commonly heard, guarded optimism that after three months after the start of the Gulf oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history might finally be in check. "(The ... more |
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US Army Awards LockMart Contract To Perform HULC User TestingOrlando FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2010 Lockheed Martin has received a $1.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center for test and evaluation of its next-generation HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton, designed to augment Soldiers' strength and endurance, as well as reduce load carriage injuries. Under this contract, the U.S. Army will test Lockheed Martin's advanced ruggedized HULC design. The upgraded HULC system includes optimized control software, extended battery life and human factors improvements for quicker and eas ... read more |
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