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Canadian to command space station in 2013Ottawa (AFP) Sept 2, 2010 Astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday. Hadfield, 51, will rocket on his third trip into space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in December 2012 and assume command of the station during the second part of a six-month mission. Over the first four months, as an ISS flight engineer, Hadfield will carry out scientific experiments, robotics tasks and technology demonstrations, the ... read more |
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Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Aug 19, 2010ABB Robotics, a leading supplier of industrial robots, is participating in the Military Vehicle Exhibition and Conference August 11-12, 2010 at the Cobo Convention Center in Detroit, Michigan. The event, sponsored by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is the largest stand-alone military vehicles exhibition in the United States, displaying the latest vehicles, compo ... more  
Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Astronauts from the International Space Station on Monday wrapped up a third and final spacewalk to replace a busted cooling unit on the orbiting outpost, NASA said. Spacewalkers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson began installing a replacement ammonia pump module on the ISS at 6:20 am (1020 GMT) Monday and finished at 1:40 pm (1740 GMT) - a seven hour, 20 minute space foray, according ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010Scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company's (LMSSC) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have demonstrated an innovative perimeter security system for government and commercial applications. VAMS uses commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software from Intelleflex of Santa Clara, Calif., with proprietary Lockheed Martin-developed elements that include modified firmw ... more |
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Star Wars Meets UPS As Robonaut Packed For SpaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2010 Getting into space isn't necessarily easy for astronauts, and it's not much easier for a robotic astronaut, either. Cocooned inside an aluminum frame and foam blocks cut out to its shape, Robonaut 2, or R2, is heading to the International Space Station inside the Permanent Multipurpose Module in space shuttle Discovery's payload bay as part of the STS-133 mission. Once in place inside the station, R2, with its humanlike hands and arms and stereo vision, is expected to perform some of the repetitiv ... read more |
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