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The level of popularity enjoyed by high-definition television has virtually skyrocketed over the past few years, so much so that it has now gone beyond the limits of the Earth's atmosphere, hitting space. And I'm not talking about TV satellites here, but about DirectTV's latest offering (read marketing... |
19 November 2007
03:00 GMT |
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Remember the movie Armageddon, where a group of roughneck deep-core drillers are sent by NASA to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and they actually land on it to place a nuclear charge?Well, this idea may not be so fictional after all, since NASA is considering the possibility of a astronauts cre... |
31 July 2007
03:32 GMT |
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A recent independent panel report regarding astronauts drinking heavily before launch for the International Space Station creates numerous aftershocks, after NASA officials dismissed the allegation. Now, the Russians are also denying the events.The panel reported that astronauts had been drinking less than 12 hours ... |
30 July 2007
02:52 GMT |
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DUI (Driving Under the Influence - of Alcohol) is a serious offense that will leave you without a license when caught and could even put you in jail. It seems astronauts were not landing anywhere, but they were allowed to launch, while drunk, on at least two occasions, said an independent panel by NASAAviation Week ... |
27 July 2007
05:48 GMT |
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You would think that NASA, one of the best guarded government agencies in the world, would a have a security so tight, that not even a fly could pass by undetected. It may be true for flies, but it sure isn't for office equipment, that miraculously gets lost, year after year.Could a black hole explain the $94 m... |
26 July 2007
05:04 GMT |
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China is the third country, after the United States and the former Soviet Union, to send an astronaut into space in a space shuttle "Made in China," in 2003. They also plan to send a probe on the Moon this year, but the latest space related issue is both weird and funny.Astronauts, or taikonauts - the Chinese term f... |
25 July 2007
06:34 GMT |
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On July 20, 1969, 38 years and one day ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the lunar surface, while in command of the Apollo 11 mission. One of the defining moments of human history, the event is best remembered through Armstrong's words on his first stepping onto the Moon's surface: Tha... |
21 July 2007
07:30 GMT |
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It's true, the three members of the crew on the International Space Station will have some nasty work to do during a spacewalk scheduled for July 23, because NASA realized it was time for a bit of cleaning, so they're getting rid of more than 730 kg (1600 pounds) of obsolete gear in and around the station.... |
20 July 2007
09:05 GMT |
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Spacewalks may provide a unique experience and only astronauts know what it feels like to know there is nothing between you and the Earth or how it feels to look at the Moon and at an entire continent the next moment.It's also true that only they know how much work a spacewalk is all about, as station Cmdr. Fyo... |
18 July 2007
09:46 GMT |
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Some innovative designs for the future spacesuits are being developed at MIT, after many years of work and they will be a space clothing revolution similar to the passing from the long johns to bikinis. No, the future spacesuits won't show that much skin, but they will be ultralight and...ultratight.Other group... |
17 July 2007
03:35 GMT |
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Astronauts will really have something to smile about. Believe it or not, nature's calls can't be ignored in space, so that's why the latest space toilet project will cost around $19 million. While normally you don't see or hear much on the news about physiological needs in space, the question of ... |
6 July 2007
05:01 GMT |
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Sunita Williams is now officially holding the record for the longest duration spaceflight for a woman. This morning, she broke the old record, held by Shannon Lucid and established 11 years ago, of 188 days and 4 hours. Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedit... |
20 June 2007
05:06 GMT |
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A microgravity environment is one where gravity has little or no measurable effect. The only three methods of creating a microgravity environment are to travel far enough into deep space so as to reduce the effect of gravity by attenuation, by falling and by orbiting a planet. Astronauts look weightless because they... |
7 June 2007
10:49 GMT |
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One of the most important dangers of outer space missions, invisible and highly lethal, prevents humans from reaching Mars. It's not an alien creature lurking in the darkness of space, but maybe just as bad. Radiation is one of the biggest dangers to long-distance space travelers. The sudden, unpredictable occu... |
28 May 2007
04:26 GMT |
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NASA has asked doctors to come up with ways of helping astronauts heading for Mars get used to the long Martian day. They could be facing the same problems as a frequent traveler, as their internal clock could be messed up by longer daytime and different brightness.The solar day (or sol) on Mars is only slightly lon... |
16 May 2007
06:17 GMT |
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Astronauts are humans after all... so, no matter how great their achievements are, they are still bound by nature's "smelly" laws. You don't hear, nor see, anything about it on the news, when they successfully take off or land, but physical limitations are of great concern for NASA. The famous question was... |
14 May 2007
17:06 GMT |
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Snails are famous for their "incredible" speed and they never seem to be in a hurry. Well, this time they seem to be pretty fast when it comes to getting in the outer space. It took them almost two hours to get to the International Space Station (ISS).They have been launched on Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in... |
14 May 2007
02:57 GMT |
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The United States, Russia, India, Japan and China have all announced plans to send astronauts back to the Moon around 2020.Among many problems that such a mission will have to deal with, there's one which is less expected, as it comes from Earth itself. Once in every orbit around the Earth the Moon moves throug... |
17 April 2007
04:40 GMT |
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One of the most important dangers of outer space missions, invisible and highly lethal, prevents humans from reaching Mars.No, no fanged alien creatures lurking in the dark of space, but maybe just as bad.Radiation is one of the biggest dangers to long-distance space travelers.And since with the present technology i... |
24 March 2007
08:46 GMT |
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