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NASA launches biggest-ever rover to MarsCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Nov 26, 2011 NASA's Curiosity rover, the biggest, most sophisticated robotic explorer ever built, blasted off Saturday on a journey to Mars, where it will hunt for signs life once existed there. Known formally as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the spacecraft launched at 10:02 am (1502 GMT) atop an Atlas V rocket to begin its nearly nine month trip to the Red Planet. "Liftoff of the Atlas V with Curiosity, seeking clues to the planetary puzzle about life on Mars," said NASA commentator George Diller as the white rocket soared skyward from the Florida space pad. The most advanced machine yet to roam the surface of Earth's nearest neighbor cost $2.5 billion to construct and has been described by NASA as "a dream machine." ... read more |
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 NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch The US space agency plans to launch on Saturday the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet. ... more | .. |
  Come Home X-37B At the end of November, the mysterious X-37B robot spaceplane will reach a critical point in its mission. This time will mark the end of the official 270-day endurance limit of the semi-secret milit ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Continutes To Scout For Site To Winter In In preparing for positioning Opportunity for the coming winter, the project has been scouting sites with favorable northerly tilt on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. ... more | .. |
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  neuroArm: Robotic Arms Lend a Healing Touch The delicate touch that successfully removed an egg-shaped tumor from Paige Nickason's brain got a helping hand from a world-renowned arm - a robotic arm, that is. The technology that went int ... more | .. |
  Conclusion of the XIXth Scientific-Technical Conference of young scientists and specialists The XIXth Scientific-Technical conference of young scientists and specialists concluded its work at S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia. At the meetings of its 12 sections 365 representati ... more | .. |
 Robot guards to patrol South Korean prisons Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts, researchers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US to launch rover seeking signs of life on Mars The biggest, most advanced robotic machine ever built to explore Mars is poised to launch Saturday on a mission to find places where life may have existed, or may live on today, NASA said this week. ... more |
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 Preparing for future human exploration: measuring the radiation environment on Mars NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 inst ... more | .. |
  ULA Completes Milestone Toward Certifying Atlas V For Human Spaceflight United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the completion of a key milestone that could lead toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight. ULA has successfully comple ... more | .. |
  Bluefin to Provide UUVs for US Navy's LCS Mine Countermeasure Bluefin Robotics is being awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for engineering and manufacturing of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (S ... more | .. |
  SSTL appoints Luis Gomes Director of EO and Science Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has appointed Luis Gomes Business Unit Director of Earth Observation (EO) and Science. He is now responsible for the strategic direction at SSTL in these m ... more |
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 Insect cyborgs may become first responders, search and monitor hazardous environs Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. Professor Khalil Najafi, the ch ... more | .. |
  Chevron oil spill a wake-up call for Brazil: analysts An oil spill off Brazil's coast is a wake-up call for the country's ability to deal with major oil emergencies as it prepares to tap potentially huge deep-water reserves, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Robojelly Gets an Upgrade: Underwater robot learns to swim more like the real thing Engineers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VirginiaTech) have developed a robot that mimics the graceful motions of jellyfish so precisely that it has been named Robojelly. De ... more | .. |
 Brazil suspends Chevron's exploration activities Brazil on Wednesday suspended the exploration activities of US energy giant Chevron in its territory following an oil spill off Rio de Janeiro state. ... more |
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Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution
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 Chevron faces $145 million in possible Brazil fines Brazil could slap fines of more than $145 million (105 million euros) on Chevron over its oil spill, and the US energy giant could be barred from operating in the country's deepwater fields, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Smart swarms of bacteria inspire robotics researchers Much to humans' chagrin, bacteria have superior survival skills. Their decision-making processes and collective behaviors allow them to thrive and even spread efficiently in difficult environments. ... more | .. |
  A realistic look at the promises and perils of nanomedicine Is the emerging field of nanomedicine a breathtaking technological revolution that promises remarkable new ways of diagnosing and treating diseases? Or does it portend the release of dangerous ... more | .. |
 Launch Team Focuses on Unique Needs of Curiosity About the size of a small SUV and weighing as much as some cars, the Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" is being asked to conduct the most intensive examination of the surface of the red planet eve ... more |
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  Installation of Huge Assembly Stand Completed James Webb Space Telescope Flight Optics Northrop Grumman and its teammate ITT Exelis have finished installation of the giant structural steel frame used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). ... more | .. |
 NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or human ... more | .. |
 Space Florida and Lockheed Martin Collaborate for Underwater Vehicle Program Space Florida and Lockheed Martin have signed an agreement to advance the testing and production of a new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) known as Marlin in support of aerospace economic develop ... more | .. |
  LRO Camera Team Releases High Resolution Global Topographic Map of Moon The science team that oversees the imaging system on board NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created. T ... more |
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  Lockheed Martin Wins Major Contract From US Army To Maintain Aerostat Detection Systems The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS). The tethered aerostat provides real-time, around- ... more | .. |
 Robot speeds up glass development Model by model, the electronics in a car are being moved closer to the engine block. This is why the materials used for the electronics must resist increasing heat - so the glass solder being used a ... more | .. |
NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Rover Continues Studies While Heading North The seasonal plan for Opportunity is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for solar array energy production. As such, ... more |
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Canadian robots competition canceled Canada's national robotic competition, scheduled for this weekend in Toronto, was canceled because of declining interest, the event's organizer says. ... more | .. |
 International consensus on joint space exploration Representatives from 28 countries, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Lucca, Italy, on 10 November for the Third International Conference on Exploration and the first ... more | .. |
 US shifts drones from Iraq to Turkey: Pentagon The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights in support of Ankara's fight against Kurdish rebels, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
 High-tech spider for hazardous missions Spiders are very agile, and some can even jump. They owe this capability to their hydraulically operated limbs. Researchers have now designed a mobile robot modeled on the same principle that moves ... more |
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