Stories tagged "nasa"

Mission impossible? Stargazers seek astronaut's lost toolkit view story

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• 6 days ago
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Searching for toolbags in space is not exactly standard procedure for stargazers, but they have their chance this week. Since the astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper lost her toolbag while on a space walk last week, it has been in orbit around the Earth...

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NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's landing - Yahoo! News view story

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• 3 days ago
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Dangerously high wind forced NASA to delay space shuttle Endeavour's landing Sunday, and the astronauts were ordered to take an extra swing around the world in hopes the weather would improve...

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NASA developing brain-monitor hats for airline pilots view story

• Submitted by s_lockyer
• 6 days ago
• (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008...)
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NASA has announced that it is developing a brain-monitoring hat for airline pilots to wear. The idea is that the bonce-clocking headset will know when pilots become "mentally overloaded" and help them to "realise" this.

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NASA Orbiter Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars view story

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• 6 days ago
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars.

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NASA Extends Contract with Russian Federal Space Agency view story

• Submitted by ApoloTR
• about 17 hours ago
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The Fuel Cell in Space: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | doXtop view story

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• about 4 hours ago
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The past, present, and future of space fuel cell power systems is reviewed, starting with the first practical fuel ceil by F.T. Bacon which led to the 1.5 kW Apollo alkaline fuel ce11.

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NASA Selects NOAA Goes-R Series Spacecraft Contractor view story

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• about 17 hours ago
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NASA Selects NOAA Goes-R Series Spacecraft Contractor

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Taking Out the Trash in Space view story

• Submitted by uiusblogs
• about 22 hours ago
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The Aerospace engineering firm, a.i. solutions, is known for conducting routine conjunction assessment for 24 NASA satellites, including NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Earth Science Constellation (ESC).

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Deep Space 1 Asteroid Flyby | doXtop view story

• Submitted by lusi
• 2 days ago
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Launched on October 24, 1998, from Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL, Deep Space 1 is the first mission under NASA's New Millennium Program, which tests new technologies for future space and Earth-observing missions.

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NASA view story

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• 2 days ago
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