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A Testing Time For Shenzhou 9Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2012 In June, China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will lift off on an uncrewed test mission. This spacecraft was originally expected by many observers to carry astronauts to Tiangong 1, China's space laboratory. In February, China abruptly announced that there would be no astronauts on Shenzhou 9, and the mission would be flown as a test mission of the spacecraft and its ability to successfully join up with the Tiangong 1 module. The change in mission was a surprise. It suggested that the previous uncrewed t ... read more |
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  ISS may become Martian flight simulator Russia's Roscosmos space agency has suggested expanding the length of future expeditions to the International Space Station from the current six months to a year and even longer to provide for the n ... more | .. |
  NASA Reaches Higher With Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request NASA has announced a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand Amer ... more | .. |
  Adept Technology Receives Order From International Equipment OEM Adept Technology has announced it has received a $1.4 million order for high-precision robots from a major international manufacturer of sophisticated automation equipment for use in the consumer el ... more | .. |
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  Robot seals heal hearts of Japan tsunami survivors High-tech fluffy seals that respond to human touch are the latest weapon in the battle against depression for survivors of Japan's tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
  Hovering not hard if you're top-heavy Top-heavy structures are more likely to maintain their balance while hovering in the air than are those that bear a lower center of gravity, researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of ... more | .. |
  Advanced Communications Testbed for Space Station New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed - designed and bui ... more | .. |
 NASA kills Mars deal with Europe The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. ... more |
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Heavy snow in US strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash
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  S. Korea vows tight security for nuclear summit South Korea Wednesday showed off high-tech bomb-disposal robots and anti-terrorism drills by special police commandos to ensure that a nuclear summit passes off safely next month. ... more | .. |
 Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station after a launch later this year from Japan. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications ... more | .. |
 Scientists say Obama Mars cuts to hit research The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. ... more | .. |
 Obama budget slashes Mars exploration The budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama for fiscal year 2013 would slash $226 million from the US space agency's Mars exploration program, likely axing a planned partnership with Europe. ... more |
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 Opportunity Energy Levels Decreasing As Winter Takes Hold Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for ... more | .. |
 Japan scientist makes 'Avatar' robot A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality. ... more | .. |
 Jacob Bleacher Gives Free RATS Talk at Library of Congress The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) team of scientists and engineers, because this rough, dusty terrain, wi ... more | .. |
  Birthday Cake for X-37B It's almost time to light a candle for one of the world's most intriguing spacecraft. No, I don't mean ignite the rocket for launch. The second mission of the X-37B robot spaceplane is approaching t ... more |
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Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack
Denmark proposes NATO surveillance mission for Greenland
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 NASA PIT Crews Essential to Commercial Space Endeavor Just as every race car driver has a pit crew to keep them on track on the way to a victory quickly and safely, the seven aerospace companies that have teamed up with NASA's Commercial Crew Program h ... more | .. |
 Unraveling a Butterfly's Aerial Antics Could Help Builders of Bug-Size Flying Robots To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butt ... more | .. |
 Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking ta ... more | .. |
  Commentary: China pivot -- or pirouette? Amid the gazillion blogs, tweets, Facebookies and LinkedIn aficionados, it has become even harder to find reasoned and convincing arguments for what kind of military drawdown would do least harm to the United States' global posture. Even learned think tanks are tweeting. ... more |
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  Splat! Geek-in-chief Obama tests marshmallow gun US President Barack Obama tested a new prototype Tuesday for his commander-in-chief's arsenal - a high-powered marshmallow gun that sent a tasty missile screaming through the White House. ... more | .. |
  Asteroids: The New 'It Mission' for Space Exploration The Japanese are heading back into space on a second attempt to collect samples from a nearby asteroid. The asteroid selected, 1999 JU3 is a perfect specimen, said Humberto Campins, a University of ... more | .. |
 Russia May Run Repeat Mission to Phobos Russia will send another sample mission to the Martian moon Phobos if the European Space Agency (ESA) decides not to include Russia in its ExoMars program, the head of Russia's space agency said on ... more | .. |
  AREVA and partners submit commercial bid for a new EPR nuclear plant to Fennovoima AREVA, who leads the EPR Team, submitted its commercial bid for the construction of a nuclear power plant at Pyhajoki, in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. With this commercial bid, the EPR Team's ... more |
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Russia says US has not released crew from detained tanker
Inside China's buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock
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  The Phobos Crash Was Preprogrammed The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the cause of the Phobos-Grunt space probe failure on Tuesday: it was a software malfunction in its onboard computer. But doubts still persist. Russia's s ... more | .. |
 Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for ... more | .. |
  SpaceX flight to ISS could be late March: NASA The first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station could happen in late March, NASA said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Russian drill approaching long-buried lake Russian researchers say their drilling project is close to breaching a prehistoric lake trapped deep beneath Antarctica for the last 14 million years. ... more |
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 Vesta Science Program Continues At Low-altitude Mapping Orbit Dawn is scrutinizing Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), circling the rocky world five and a half times a day. The spacecraft is healthy and continuing its intensive campaign to reveal ... more | .. |
 Mars Rover Science Investigations Continue as Solar Energy Levels Drop Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production during the winter. Opp ... more | .. |
 JPL begins widespread adoption of Maplesoft technology Maplesoft has announced a major adoption of its products by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL is implementing Maple, MapleSim, and MapleNet in its various projects. Whether creating ... more | .. |
 Robot competition in zero-gravity School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station. St ... more |
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