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April 07, 2011
OPINION SPACE
Getting Closer To Mars
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 07, 2011
Sending astronauts to Mars has been the ultimate objective of human spaceflight. But it's always been elusive. We started the space age with the knowledge that it would require a lot of preparation, and it would probably take decades to achieve. Decades have passed, and we're still a long way from achieving this goal. Sometimes, it seems that we're moving backwards instead of slowly forwards. Nobody has walked on the Moon in almost 40 years, and soon, NASA will not even be able to independently la ... read more

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The Benefits Of Space Exploration
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STATION NEWS

Space Debris No Threat To ISS
The Expedition 27 crew members aboard the International Space Station did not need to take shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft when a piece of debris from a Chinese satellite made its closest pass at ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Keeps Rolling Along
Three and a half years after launch, Dawn continues its travels around the sun, maneuvering to take the same orbital path as Vesta. Following its usual pattern, the spacecraft has spent most of the ... more
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TERROR WARS

Merging Gaming And Simulation Tools To Create Models For Border Security
With funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a high-fidelity simulation and analysis progra ... more
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ROBO SPACE

iRobot Delivers More Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles
iRobot has announced that the U.S. Army plans to procure two additional low-rate initial production brigade sets of model 320 SUGVs. The Defense Acquisition Board formalized its approval to pu ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft
ASTRA investigates new technologies for making low cost observations of the physical parameters of the atmosphere. We develop and test platforms capable of delivering scientific instruments to altit ... more
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STATION NEWS

Three New ISS Crew Members Launch From Kazakhstan
NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:18 p.m. EDT Monda ... more
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ROBO SPACE

US lawmakers eye plan to compete with Asia on robotics
US senators unveiled an initiative Monday to try to narrow the US gap with Asian nations more advanced in robotics, proposing exposing American high school students to a curriculum heavier on technology and science. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Getting To Mars Means Stopping And Landing
The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters were perhaps two of the most prominent reminders of how crucial it is that everything work just right for a spacecraft to travel to space and succ ... more
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STATION NEWS

Station Fires Engines To Avoid Orbital Debris
At 10:36 p.m. EDT, ground controllers moved the International Space Station away from a piece of orbital debris. The object is a relic from a collision between the COSMOS 2251 and Iridium 33 satelli ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Blood Simple Circuitry For Cyborgs
Could electronic components made from human blood be the key to creating cyborg interfaces? Circuitry that links human tissues and nerve cells directly to an electronic device, such as a robotic lim ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

Texas Astronomers Find Super-Luminous Supernova
Astronomers led by graduate student Emmanouil "Manos" Chatzopoulos and Dr. J. Craig Wheeler of The University of Texas at Austin have found another extremely bright, rare supernova to add to the new ... more
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MARSDAILY

Study Of 'Ruiz Garcia' Rock Completed
Opportunity completed the in-situ (contact) investigation on the surface target Ruiz Garcia at Santa Maria crater. On Sol 2520 (Feb. 25, 2011), the rover used the robotic arm (Instrument Deplo ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Japan PM says stricken nuclear plant to be scrapped
Japan said Thursday its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear evacuation zone
Japan said Thursday there were no immediate plans to widen the exclusion zone around its stricken nuclear plant, hours after the UN atomic watchdog agency voiced its concern over the issue. ... more
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MERCURY RISING

NASA probe aims to unlock Mercury's secrets
NASA scientists pored Wednesday over stunning new images of Mercury as their MESSENGER probe began a year-long mission to map the surface of the solar system's least-understood planet. ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER offers close-up of mysterious Mercury
NASA celebrated Wednesday hundreds of stunning photographs from the Mercury MESSENGER probe as it began a year-long mission to orbit and map the solar system's mysterious innermost planet. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Japan's HTV-2 Cargo Spaceship Undocks From ISS
Japan's HTV-2 Konotori robotic cargo space ship undocked from the International Space Station at 7.45 pm Moscow time (15.45 GMT), a Russian mission control center official said on Monday. The ... more
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TECH SPACE

UN atomic watchdog raises alarm over Japan evacuations
The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday radiation in a village outside the evacuation zone around a stricken Japanese nuclear plant was above safe levels, urging that Japan reassess the situation. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Anti-radiation resin to coat Japan plant grounds
Workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant plan to spray its grounds with a special resin to prevent further radioactivity being released, a nuclear safety agency official said Wednesday. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Future Engineers Unite At Robotics Competition
The 20th season of the Los Angeles regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, held at the Long Beach Convention Center, March 25 and 26, proved ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuclear plant
Japan said Tuesday it was on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Light Technology Reduces Painful Side Effects Of Radiation and Chemotherapy
A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Tokyo nuclear operator seeking French help: minister
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, is seeking help from France to tackle the "critical" situation, Industry Minister Eric Besson said Monday. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Goodbye To Blind Spots For Machine Operators
Particular care must be taken in a production hall where robots and men work together, where even minor carelessness could result in serious accidents or stop production. At the Hannover Messe trade ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Beginning Of Era Of Manned Spaceflight
April 12, 1961 - 50 years ago engineering genius of S.P.Korolev blazed the trail into space for the Earth civilization by ushering in manned spaceflight. The flight into low-Earth orbit of Vostok sp ... more
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SPACEMART

ESA Council Appoints Directors
The Council of the European Space Agency has appointed a team of Directors who will assist the Director General in the reorganised structure that takes effect on 1 April 2011. The motive for c ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

LockMart Makes Strides In Human Space Exploration
Forging a new path forward to ensure safe, affordable and sustainable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first Orion spacecraft and a spacious state-of-the-ar ... more
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SPACEMART

Intelsat Picks MDA For Satellite Servicing
Intelsat has announced that it has entered into an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA") for the servicing of Intelsat's on-orbit satellites via a space-based service vehic ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

From Outer Sol To The Inner Rock Human Space Is Growing
It's easy for a space enthusiast to feel depressed right now. The end of the Shuttle program is nigh. NASA seems neglected and directionless. Budgetary issues threaten spaceflight globally. Bu ... more
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IRAQ WARS

New Ferris wheel attracts leisure-starved Iraqis
During their first outing since getting engaged in December, Haidar al-Saeedi and his fiancee dangled 55 metres (180 feet) over Baghdad, enjoying the view from a Ferris wheel that is the latest attraction in the leisure-starved capital. ... more
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