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May 26, 2011
MARSDAILY
NASA's Spirit Rover Completes Mission on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2011
NASA has ended operational planning activities for the Mars rover Spirit and transitioned the Mars Exploration Rover Project to a single-rover operation focused on Spirit's still-active twin, Opportunity. This marks the completion of one of the most successful missions of interplanetary exploration ever launched. Spirit last communicated on March 22, 2010, as Martian winter approached and the rover's solar-energy supply declined. The rover operated for more than six years after landing in January ... read more

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NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016
NASA will launch a spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016 and use a robotic arm to pluck samples that could better explain our solar system's formation and how life began. The mission, called Origins-Spe ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Feuding helium dwarfs exposed by eclipse
Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a unique feuding double white dwarf star system where each star appears to have been stripped down to just its helium. We know of just over ... more
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NASA to sample an asteroid with new space mission
The US space agency on Wednesday announced plans to send the first unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid to collect samples and return them to Earth for further study. ... more
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Spacewalkers Prepare for Third Excursion
STS-134 Mission Specialists Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke will conduct the third spacewalk of the mission Wednesday. They will be trying a new pre-breathe protocol designed to replace the overnight c ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Welcome home, Paolo!
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed back on Earth this morning to conclude his 159-day mission to the International Space Station. Paolo had been serving as the flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

GMES Masters seeks innovative uses for Earth observation data
Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Zeil joined with ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain in launching the GMES Masters competition, seeking out innovative commercial uses of Earth obs ... more
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IRON AND ICE

NASA aims to grab asteroid time capsule
NASA on Wednesday said it plans to launch the first unmanned US spacecraft to a deep space asteroid in 2016 to collect samples and return them to Earth for further study. ... more
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Scientists trick the brain into Barbie-doll size
Imagine shrinking to the size of a doll in your sleep. When you wake up, will you perceive yourself as tiny or the world as being populated by giants? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

MAG expands solar systems business
MAG is expanding its solar panel manufacturing systems business with the establishment of U.S.-based operations to build and distribute crystalline silicon (c-Si) module production lines with capaci ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

ISS astronauts inspect tile damage, chat with pope
Astronauts completed an inspection of the heat shield tiles on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour Saturday after a first-ever papal video call to space from Pope Pope Benedict XVI. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Shuttle Tile Inspection Clears Endeavour For Return To Earth
Mission managers cleared Endeavour's thermal protection system for re-entry after analysis of data and images from an early-morning focused robotic inspection of the tiles. A conversation with ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Endeavour astronauts wrap up second space walk
Two astronauts completed a second of four scheduled space walks of the Endeavour shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station on Sunday, the US space agency said. ... more
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NANO TECH

'Computer synapse' analyzed at the nanoscale
Researchers at Hewlett Packard and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have analysed in unprecedented detail the physical and chemical properties of an electronic device that computer engin ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Damaged shuttle tile to get closer look: NASA
NASA plans to take a closer look Saturday at a damaged heat shield tile on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour, but mission managers downplayed the inspection as no cause for concern. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA aims for July 8 launch of last-ever shuttle flight
NASA said Friday it is aiming to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on July 8 for the last-ever flight of the 30-year-old American shuttle program. ... more
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STS-134 Arrives, Crew Begins Work at Station
Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 5:14 a.m. CDT Wednesday, bringing an advanced scientific instrument that could answer basic questions about our universe, perhaps shedding li ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

Power plants vulnerable to hackers: security firm
US computer security research firm NSS Labs warned on Thursday that it uncovered new ways that hackers could sabotage power plants, oil refineries or manufacturing operations. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Astronauts inspect damaged tiles on shuttle
Astronauts are examining several heat shield tiles that appear to have been damaged during the shuttle Endeavour's ascent into orbit, but NASA said Wednesday there was no cause for concern. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building
Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Researchers demonstrate autonomous robots able to explore and map buildings
There isn't a radio-control handset in sight as several small robots roll briskly up the hallways of an office building. Working by themselves and communicating only with one another, the vehicles d ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Controlling robotic arms is child's play
Catching a ball is no problem for most people. Getting a robotic arm to catch a ball using a catcher attachment is a bit trickier. To find out just how tricky it is - or to see if it's easier than t ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

STS-134 Crew Completes First Full Day in Space
Endeavour's astronauts performed an inspection of the orbiter's thermal protection system. They also checked out spacesuits and rendezvous tools in preparation for Wednesday's docking with the Inter ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Announces Its First Payloads for Commercial Suborbital Spacecraft
NASA has announced its first four payloads to fly on commercial suborbital spacecraft, kicking off a new era of low-cost technology R and D, science, and STEM education enabled by new commercial spa ... more
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CAR TECH

Perfect welds for car bodies
As if controlled by an invisible hand, the welding head on the robot's arm races along the sheet metal parts. Where the laser hits, sparks fly and the metal glows red hot. The process lasts just a f ... more
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TECH SPACE

How to control complex networks
At first glance, a diagram of the complex network of genes that regulate cellular metabolism might seem hopelessly complex, and efforts to control such a system futile. However, an MIT researc ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Tiny robots map buildings -- without help
Tiny robots working by themselves and communicating only with each other can explore and map buildings, a team of U.S. researchers that built the machines says. ... more
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MOON DAILY

MoonBots Challenges Teams to Conduct Lunar Missions with LEGO Robots
The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group has announced MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO MINDSTORMS Challenge. This second annual contest will challenge teams of youth to design, program, a ... more
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ICE WORLD

Antarctic icebergs help the ocean take up carbon dioxide
The first comprehensive study of the biological effects of Antarctic icebergs shows that they fertilize the Southern Ocean, enhancing the growth of algae that take up carbon dioxide from the atmosph ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Tiltable head improves ability of robots to navigate disaster debris
Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubbl ... more
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INTERNET SPACE

Google's Android moving into homes
Google wants Android to move into people's homes with the open-source software powering everything from smart light bulbs to sound systems. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Bats lend an ear to sonar engineering
Researchers have mapped out the diversity of bat ears in a hope to inspire the design of new intuitive methods of manipulating waves with physical shapes, such as SONAR and RADAR. Published in ... more
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