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GSLV Failures Fuel Disappointment And AnxietyChennai, India (PTI) Dec 28, 2010 While disappointment haunts the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) about the two successive failures of the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) missions, there is fear whether the failures will affect the schedule of ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 and the human space flight programmes. The fear is fuelled by the fact that it is GSLV-Mark II with an indigenous cryogenic engine that will put Chandrayaan-2 in orbit in 2013-14. The upgraded GSLV-Mark III, which is under development, will carr ... read more |
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  Contract Marks New Generation for Deep Space Network NASA has taken the next step toward a new generation of Deep Space Network antennas. A $40.7 million contract with General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, San Jose, Calif., covers implementation of tw ... more | .. |
  Mars Movie - I'm Dreaming Of A Blue Sunset A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover's-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the silhouette of the moon Phobos passing in front of the sun. America's Mars Exploration ... more | .. |
  Obama's other 'surge': US drone war in Pakistan As the United States pressed ahead with a grinding campaign in Afghanistan in 2010, President Barack Obama dramatically escalated another war across the border in Pakistan, using robotic planes to pound Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. ... more | .. |
  NASA Awards First Half-Million Order In Lunar Data Contract NASA has awarded the initial half-million-dollar task order from a $10 million NASA contract to Astrobotic Technology for a robotic expedition to the Moon. "The amazingly short turnaround betw ... more |
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  Dextre's Final Exam Scheduled For December 22-23 On December 22-23, 2010, Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic handyman aboard the International Space Station (ISS), will undertake a series of tasks that will officially certify the robot fo ... more | .. |
  Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters. Planet Hun ... more | .. |
  Researchers Discover Compound With Potent Effects on Biological Clock Using an automated screening technique developed by pharmaceutical companies to find new drugs, a team of researchers from UC San Diego and three other research institutions has discovered a molecul ... more | .. |
  Robot Arm Improves Performance Of Brain-Controlled Device The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new stu ... more |
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  Japan's low-cost space programme pushes the limits Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme has boldly reached for the stars, pioneering solar-powered galactic travel, exploring a distant asteroid and planning a robot base on the Moon. ... more | .. |
 New ISS Crew Members Set For Friday Arrival Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli are on their way to the International Space Station after a successful launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft Wednesday f ... more | .. |
Researchers Discover Compound With Potent Effects On Biological Clock Using an automated screening technique developed by pharmaceutical companies to find new drugs, a team of researchers from UC San Diego and three other research institutions has discovered a molecul ... more | .. |
 Portugal Marks Ten Years In ESA Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Portugal joining ESA as a Member State, Jose Mariano Gago, Portuguese Minister of Science and Higher Education, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, ... more |
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  Ford To Build Gas-Powered, Electric, Hybrid And Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles In Michigan Ford Motor Company's Michigan Assembly Plant, which once churned out large SUVs, has completed a $550 million transformation that will make it the world's first factory to build not only fuel-effici ... more | .. |
  Long-Distance Ultrasound Exams Controlled By Joystick Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however - and still more on spacecraft - trained radiologists are rare. So ESA i ... more | .. |
 Japan's robot suit to bring hope to the disabled Japan's Cyberdyne may share its name with the company responsible for nuclear destruction and the killer robots of the "Terminator" movie series, but the similarities end there. ... more | .. |
 Busy Day For ISS Commander Commander Scott Kelly sent down congratulations to the SpaceX team after Mission Control informed him of the Falcon 9's successful launch into orbit Wednesday morning. This was the first demonstrati ... more |
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  Boeing Begins Delivering Brigade Combat Team Modernization Capabilities To US Army Boeing has announced that it began delivering Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 hardware to the U.S. Army on Nov. 17, and made a second delivery on Nov. 22. The hardware included ... more | .. |
 Drilling For The Future Of Science Students in Robert Palassou's fifth-grade class at Valley View School got an unusual treat last month when scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center visited their Pleasanton, California, classroom ... more | .. |
  New bacteria found living on Titanic wreck A new bacteria has been found in the wreck of the Titanic, growing in "rusticles," icicle-like structures on the ship's rusting iron, Canadian researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Robotic Excavations Could Help Get Helium 3 From Moon To Earth Former ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair has outlined the possibility of getting Helium-3, found on the moon, through "robotic excavations" to earth, in an attempt to resolve the planet's future energy ne ... more |
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  US military space UAV back on ground after 7 month mission An unmanned US Air Force spacecraft with a vaguely defined military mission landed early Friday in California after a seven-month mission, officials said. ... more | .. |
 NASA postpones Discovery launch to February 3 The shuttle Discovery's final mission to the International Space Station will be delayed until February 3 at the earliest as engineers try to solve the mystery of the cracked fuel tank, NASA said Friday. ... more | .. |
 To Boldly Go - But On A Tight Budget Britain's space experts are keeping their fingers crossed that their Pounds 250m a year budget won't fall victim to the public spending cuts. Dr David Williams, chief executive of the UK Space Agen ... more | .. |
  Silicon-Germanium For Space Electronics Applications A five-year project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a novel approach to space electronics that could change how space vehicles and instruments are designed. The new capabili ... more |
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