What's the first thing a middle school student is bound to ask an astronaut these days? Well, based on recent evidence, videogames are the main topic of discussion when having a video conference with astronauts from the International Space Station.Barack Obama, the President of the United States, found this out ... |
25 March 2009
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American officials still find it hard to believe that the American space program will grind to a painful halt in 2010, with the retirement of the shuttle fleet. However, at this point, there is little anyone can do on the matter, as the aging fleet can no longer be considered safe to fly to orbit beyond that point. N... |
7 October 2008
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NASA confirmed, at a recent space operations meeting (ISS 30P SORR), that a worm had been discovered on laptops on the International Space Station. Even if NASA has not disclosed its name, the malware in question appears to be W32.Gammima.AG and it spreads by copying itself to removable devices. The NASA officials no... |
27 August 2008
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Ok, maybe gamers did not love Tabula Rasa, the latest MMO project from Richard Garriot, the guy who is better known as Lord British of Ultima fame. The game, a sci-fi shooter MMO with a touch of mystique, is said to have had some financial problems, but whether or not those rumors are true is not the issue now. Richa... |
31 July 2008
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After inspecting the controversial spacesuits, NASA decided to lift the imposed ban, which allows them to continue with the scheduled program. Due to the incident which took place last Friday, when a Russian trainee smelled smoke, coming from the EMU unit, NASA decided to stop all activity regarding the usage of the ... |
16 November 2007
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The Discovery shuttle and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday after a challenging 15-day build and repair mission on the International Space Station, completing one of the most difficult missions in history attended by NASA. It was the first shuttle to try a coast-to-coast re-entry after the Columbia disintegrati... |
8 November 2007
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Discovery's crew has been successful in repairing one of the two troublesome solar panels that power the International Space Station, and are now ready to come back to Earth. The re-entry is scheduled for the 6th of November. During this mission, the astronauts have embarked in a seven-hour repair, making it the... |
5 November 2007
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After arriving in space for the delivery of a new module for the International Space Station, and the extensive examination of Discovery's external head shield, the astronauts encountered two different problems at the station's solar panel that power it with electric current.The first unplanned space walk, ... |
2 November 2007
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