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There hasn't been an official organization dedicated to game spoilers, but the ESRB is doing the best job it can. Some of the things it spoils are in our advantage, while others are a real kick in the shin. Every time a new game enters the initial stages of production, it gets registered with the ESRB and pretty... |
11 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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When analyzing the risks associated with spaceflight, the landing and taking-off of a spacecraft are the essential moments. All the things that can go wrong at a launch will do so, and it's the job of engineers to ensure that the crews are safe. However, the landing sequence is highly complex, and arguably the m... |
28 September 2009
05:31 GMT |
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About a month ago, out the door of the Entertainment Software Rating Board came word about a DS release for the stealth-action game Assassin's Creed II. Yesterday, the game got the official green light from Ubisoft, along with a launch date of November 17. The game, entitled Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, ... |
25 September 2009
04:35 GMT |
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US Department of Energy (DOE) Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi now has all the reasons in the world to be filled with joy. His crystal-growth experiment, which he first dreamed of more than a decade ago, is finally aboard the International Space Station (ISS), in a microgravity environment. The DECLI... |
22 September 2009
05:36 GMT |
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After about two days spent on route, during which it flew across the continental United States, the space shuttle Discovery finally reached its home port at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05 pm EDT (1605 GMT) on Monday, September 21st. It was delivered by its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA... |
22 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
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After its landing in California on September 12th, the space shuttle Discovery remained there until last week, undergoing preparations for its return flight to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The spacecraft was forced to land at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, because significant thunders... |
21 September 2009
03:55 GMT |
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It would seem that NASA's latest missions to the ISS and the Hubble Space Telescope were plagued by bad luck, as far as sticking to their landing/take-off schedules was concerned. The STS-128 flight to the International Space Station, carried out with space shuttle Discovery, was no different. After delays in it... |
14 September 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Despite having not one, but two landing windows yesterday, the space shuttle Discovery was unable to take advantage of any of them, as stormy clouds and thunderstorms loomed over the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA officials, the seven-member crew aboard the spacecraft have another... |
11 September 2009
01:16 GMT |
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The STS-128 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to conclude today, with the planned landing of space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. There are two landing windows for the spacecraft, one at 7:05 pm EDT (2305 GMT), and another at 8:42 pm EDT (0... |
10 September 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery have just finished their first spacewalk of the STS-128 assembly mission. A massive tank, moored to the orbital outpost, was removed from the station, while other crew members inside unpacked and installed the new Combined Operati... |
2 September 2009
04:07 GMT |
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After two days of following the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit, space shuttle Discovery finally caught up with the outpost and docked on it at 8:54 pm EDT (0054 GMT, August 31), on Saturday. The hatch connecting the two spacecraft was opened just 90 minutes later, and the number of astronauts on the space... |
31 August 2009
04:59 GMT |
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At 11:59 pm EDT (0359 August 29th GMT), the space shuttle Discovery took off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, California, on its 13-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The midnight launch went without a hitch, despite earlier concerns over a hydrogen fuel val... |
29 August 2009
04:35 GMT |
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NASA officials and mission controllers decided yesterday to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery to this evening, at 11:59 pm EDT (0359 GMT, August 29th). They chose not to attempt liftoff early in the morning, as first planned, amidst fears that the fuel valve that prevented a Tuesday launch would not func... |
28 August 2009
02:57 GMT |
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After two consecutive days in which mishaps prevented the space shuttle Discovery from launching, mission controllers have again initiated the countdown sequence for the STS-128 assembly flight to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is now scheduled to take off at 12:22 am EDT (0422 GMT), on Friday mornin... |
27 August 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Among the scientific experiments that will be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the space shuttle Discovery, there is one that was designed by experts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The experimental heat-transfer system will be installed aboard the station for a total of three year... |
26 August 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Just seven hours before the space shuttle Discovery was scheduled to take off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a broken fill-and-drain valve, which operated the hydrogen propellant system, malfunctioned and forced mission controllers to scrub the launch. This is the s... |
26 August 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Despite the forecast showing 80 percent chances of good weather for Tuesday morning, Mother Nature played a bad joke on NASA mission controllers and the seven-astronaut crew preparing to board space shuttle Discovery for the STS-128 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS). In the wee hours of the m... |
25 August 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Late on Sunday, officials at the US space agency NASA cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch on the STS-128 assembly mission to the International Space Station. The flight is scheduled to begin at 1:36 am EDT (0536 GMT), from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The sh... |
24 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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NASA officials have recently decided to clear space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank concerns, and have said that the foam insulation system is safe, and poses no damage hazard to the spacecraft's heat shields. Today, top officials within the space agency are due to meet and discuss the faith of the mission, w... |
19 August 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Scheduled to take place on August 24, the new launch of space shuttle Discovery has been riddled with problems thus far. The craft and its external fuel tanks were rolled out to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) under an intense storm, and now it would appear that the foam insulation on one of the tank... |
14 August 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Engineers at the American space agency NASA have recently announced that they may have to roll the space shuttle Discovery and its rockets back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. They say that the external fuel tank has a foam-shedding problem, which could jeopardize the p... |
12 August 2009
03:21 GMT |
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A couple of weeks before space shuttles are launched from the Kennedy Space Center, at the Cape Canaveral complex in Florida, they are taken out on a five-kilometer cruise atop the massive, Apollo-era Crawler-Transporter (CT), the second largest tracked vehicle in the world. This giant beast of burden takes the shutt... |
5 August 2009
01:48 GMT |
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The seven astronauts who returned home on Saturday aboard the Discovery space shuttle are some of the happiest men and women on the planet right now. After a mission laden with dangers and risks, they managed to last for 13 days in space, while at the same time delivering a new set of solar wings to the International... |
31 March 2009
03:02 GMT |
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At 3:13:17 pm EDT (1913:17 GMT) on Saturday, the Discovery STS-119 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) landed successfully at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its mission was deemed an astounding success, as the joint crew of NASA's veteran shuttle and that of the ISS managed to install the last... |
30 March 2009
03:34 GMT |
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According to NASA's Mission Control, the space shuttle Discovery has been authorized for atmospheric reentry yesterday, after the results of the final heat shield inspection, carried on Thursday, came back negative. According to engineers at the American space agency, there is little to no risk to the spacecraft... |
28 March 2009
07:01 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the Discovery space shuttle are now entering the final stages of their flight, as they prepare for their atmospheric reentry. A single crucial stage in the STS-119 mission remains – Thursday's inspection of the heat shield. This investigation is paramount to the safety of th... |
26 March 2009
11:41 GMT |
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After 8 days of joint missions with the three-member crew of the ISS, the Discovery space shuttle has undocked from the International Space Station yesterday, on its way towards its Saturday landing at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The most crucial phase of the STS-119 mission has thus been completed, and al... |
26 March 2009
05:01 GMT |
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Just as the space shuttle pulled apart from the ISS, its cameras recorded the first pictures of the completed orbital facility, with all its solar panels fully deployed. Discovery was brought about in a “victory lap” around the station, and so the first images became available. According to Mission Contro... |
26 March 2009
03:46 GMT |
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President Barack Obama has made a very long distance-call on Tuesday, when he made contact with the joint 10-member crew of astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station and the Discovery space shuttle. The President, who has called the crew from his Oval Office, has said, first of all, that everyone at... |
25 March 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics professor Steven Schneider worked together with NASA on installing a new scientific experiment aboard the Discovery space shuttle, as it was launched towards the International Space Station (ISS), on its 13-day mission. Among the thousand of tiles that made up ... |
24 March 2009
09:58 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the STS-119 Discovery mission will have the rest of Tuesday off from chores, in order to be able to spend some time together, before the shuttle leaves tomorrow. With yesterday's third and final spacewalk complete to a partial success, there are no impo... |
24 March 2009
09:43 GMT |
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The last spacewalk of the STS-119 Discovery mission to the International Space Station ended on a more somber note than NASA experts and crew members would have wanted, as the last objective of the three spacewalks, the deployment of a 5-square foot cargo platform, could not be completed. Despite the astronauts'... |
24 March 2009
06:12 GMT |
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At this time, the third spacewalk of the STS-119 shuttle mission to the International Space Station is already underway, as astronauts are attempting to fix a loose pin that has hindered the deployment of the station's cargo holders, located on the exterior walls of the orbital lab. During today's extra-veh... |
23 March 2009
10:08 GMT |
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On Sunday, the International Space Station was again confronted with the possibility of a violent collision with a piece of space junk, and NASA mission controllers back on Earth asked the crews to reorient the shuttle-space station complex to a modified orbit. This allowed the orbiting lab to significantly increase ... |
23 March 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the Discovery space shuttle and the International Space Station seem to have been on their toes ever since the craft docked at the station on Tuesday. On Saturday, the second spacewalk scheduled for the mission was completed successfully, just a day after the ISS' new set of solar wings had bee... |
23 March 2009
04:29 GMT |
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The last array of solar panels has been finally deployed on the International Space Station yesterday, thus completing more than a decade of construction efforts. The new wings bring the lab to its full electricity-generating potential, and the station is now completely able to support a permanent six-member crew... |
21 March 2009
05:24 GMT |
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More than 10 years ago, sixteen nations embarked on one of the most ambitious projects in the world, the construction of an orbital facility meant to provide the contributing countries with the opportunity to conduct zero-gravity scientific experiments, as well as to make other scientific observations from outside th... |
20 March 2009
11:38 GMT |
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On Thursday, two Discovery astronauts spent little over six hours installing the new S6 truss rod segment to the International Space Station (ISS)' starboard side. The operations began at 1:16 pm EDT (1716 GMT), and were carried out by mission specialists Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold II. With the successful... |
20 March 2009
03:18 GMT |
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After the hick-ups it has experienced after it was installed in the orbital lab, the toilet aboard the International Space Station is about to undergo serious testing over the next two weeks, as more than three times the usual number of astronauts will be using it regularly. These tests are critical, because, come Ma... |
19 March 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Despite only having arrived aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, the crew of the Discovery shuttle has already begun working with the ISS one at deploying the last segment of the orbital facility's main truss, which is also outfitted with the last array of US solar panels. The operations that start... |
19 March 2009
03:23 GMT |
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The Discovery space shuttle finally completed a huge part of the STS-119 mission on Tuesday evening, when it finally docked on the International Space Station. The procedure ended at 5:19 pm EDT (2119 GMT) and the three astronauts aboard the orbital facility were very pleased to eventually be able to see other people... |
18 March 2009
02:21 GMT |
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The seven crew members aboard the STS-119 Discovery mission, which successfully launched yesterday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will inspect the heat shield on their shuttle for any signs of damage on Monday. They are scheduled to dock on the International Space Station tomorrow, and they have to... |
16 March 2009
11:15 GMT |
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After more than a month of delays caused by various technical difficulties, the Discovery space shuttle has been finally launched late on Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, and is now heading for the International Space Station. NASA officials reported that the lift-off proceeded without a hi... |
16 March 2009
03:27 GMT |
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The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took shelter on Thursday in their Soyuz spacecraft, which was instantly turned into a lifeboat of sorts. The move was prompted by a Flight Control warning, which was issued on account of a tiny piece of space debris. The satellite motor remnant passed ... |
13 March 2009
07:21 GMT |
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After delaying the launch four times, officials at NASA finally decided to give the go-ahead for the new space shuttle Discovery mission. The seven members of the crew will take off on Wednesday night, from the Kennedy Space Center, on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida. The purpose of the STS-119 mission is to ... |
7 March 2009
06:07 GMT |
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Early on Friday, the unmanned Progress 32 Russian spacecraft docked on the International Space Station, in order to deliver the much-needed equipment, clothing and food to the crew stationed in orbit. The docking procedure, which took place 215 miles (346 kilometer) above the Chinese-Mongolian border, went on without... |
13 February 2009
08:42 GMT |
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Structural engineers at NASA are currently analyzing the oscillations the International Space Station (ISS) is subjected to, following a January 14th thruster firing, meant to adjust the structure's orbit in such a manner that it now fits the trajectories of the two shuttle missions that will dock on it later th... |
4 February 2009
07:37 GMT |
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The seven members of the new Discovery mission arrived yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, after flying in from Houston via jet, NASA announced on Monday. The astronauts are to exercise safety measures to be employed in case something goes wrong with the lift-off sequence, and the shuttle catches fire while still ... |
21 January 2009
16:01 GMT |
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In preparation for its 36th mission in orbit, the space shuttle Discovery was positioned on its launch pad on Wednesday, in an operation that went without a hitch. The shuttle will launch from the 39A pad on February 12th, carried by one of NASA's Apollo-era vehicles, which seem to be actually quite reliable for... |
15 January 2009
03:49 GMT |
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If you're an official from a major and famous scientific or educational institution, then you're probably aware of NASA's intent of having its fleet of three space shuttles displayed after their retirement. And you may also be aware that, theoretically, you only have less than two years to decide wheth... |
18 December 2008
16:01 GMT |
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