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Interview With German Astronaut Ernst MesserschmidBonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 On 30 October 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger launched with the European Spacelab research module on board. Ernst Messerschmid was on board this mission, also called D1 - the first mission under German responsibility. In this interview, the former astronaut tells us about insomnia, floating in space, 12-hour shifts, and strange expense reports. b>The number of people who have been into space and lived in zero-gravity conditions is tiny. How do you explain what it feels like? /b> I show films ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2010NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been exercising its robotic arm since last month, when the arm was first fastened to the rover. In the long run, watch for this long and strong arm to become the signature apparatus of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory. After landing in August 2012, the mission will rely on it for repeated research activities. One set of moves crucial to the mission's success h ... more  
Arlington VA (AFNS) Sep 16, 2010Air Force Office of Scientific Research-sponsored researcher, Dr. Robert Wood of Harvard University is leading the way in what could become the next phase of high-performance micro air vehicles for the Air Force. His basic research is on track to evolve into robotic, insect-scale devices for monitoring and exploration of hazardous environments, such as collapsed structures, caves and chemi ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2010Three teams - two American and one Swiss - shared a 10-million-dollar jackpot awarded Thursday by the X Prize Foundation for developing cars that exceeded 100 miles per gallon (42.5 kilometers per liter) or its energy equivalent. A host of senior US politicians and auto executives looked on as the foundation, which promotes innovation in various fields, handed out its awards to the teams t ... more |
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New Artificial Skin Could Make Prosthetic Limbs And Robots More SensitiveStanford CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2010 The light, tickling tread of a pesky fly landing on your face may strike most of us as one of the most aggravating of life's small annoyances. But for scientists working to develop pressure sensors for artificial skin for use on prosthetic limbs or robots, skin sensitive enough to feel the tickle of fly feet would be a huge advance. Now Stanford researchers have built such a sensor. By sandwiching a precisely molded, highly elastic rubber layer between two parallel electrodes, the team created an ... read more |
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