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Video game publisher Electronic Arts is promoting its space-based role-playing and action mix Mass Effect 3 by literally taking the series to space via a number of weather balloons that will be launched from locations in New York, London, Paris, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
The balloons are designed to reach the upp... |
17 February 2012
09:12 GMT |
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The Red Bull Stratos challenge is getting ready to be on its way. Sponsored by energy drinks company Red Bull, the endeavor seeks to have extreme athlete and daredevil Felix Baumgartner, 41, from Australia, jump from a high-altitude balloon. The goal is to set a new world record.
Basically, the man will jump from t... |
7 February 2012
08:18 GMT |
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A DIY space program recently managed to smash all world altitude records, by sending a drone aircraft flying about 18 miles (30 kilometers) above the surface of the planet. The company is considering the creation of balloon-borne, manned waypoint stations in Earth's atmosphere.
These installations will be used... |
28 October 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Since July 1, 2004, the NASA Cassini orbiter has been keeping an eye on the Saturnine moon Titan, around which it already flew a number of passes. But what the probe has uncovered only managed to peak astronomers' interest, and so experts are now considering sending a blimp to the moon. There are several reasons... |
27 December 2010
02:47 GMT |
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For the first time in months, the balloon research program at the American space agency has been resumed, with the launch of a scientific payload destined to study the effects of cosmic rays on our planet. NASA launched the new instrument in partnership with the US National Science Foundation (NSF), on Monday, Decemb... |
23 December 2010
04:39 GMT |
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An incident that took place earlier this year forced the American space agency to temporarily suspend its balloon science program, pending a full review. Now, two months after the document was released, NASA is finally comfortable with letting its balloons carry our science sorties again.According to a press release ... |
16 December 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Russian authorities have dismantled a Moscow-based gang of burglars, who were using balloons to obstruct the view of security cameras, while breaking into ATMs.The case was investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) and the arrests were performed with assistanc... |
3 November 2010
10:56 GMT |
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After more than a year from the April 28, 2009 incident in which a massive balloon crashed, taking with it an advanced astronomical telescope, a NASA review board releases the conclusions of its investigations into the matter. A scientific balloon was supposed to launch from Alice Springs, Australia last year, carryi... |
23 October 2010
06:16 GMT |
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The Bullet 580 vehicle, the largest inflatable airship in the world, has just finished inflating inside the Garrett Coliseum, of Montgomery, Alabama. The impressive ship, which is 72 meters (235 feet) in length, is planned to function as a high stratosphere satellite, the people managing it say. As large as a 23-floo... |
21 May 2010
04:20 GMT |
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Though not as common today as in the past, blimps play an important role in weather assessment, as well as in conducting various types of scientific investigations. They can also be used for aerial surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as for taking a look at places that are not normally easily accessible. Astrono... |
13 May 2010
08:46 GMT |
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The Alice Springs Balloon Launching Center, near the town of Alice Springs, in the northern territory of Australia, was today the scene of a serious accident, which took place as NASA scientists attempted to launch a new observations balloon. The massive, 400-foot (121-meter) object suffered an unexpected glitch shor... |
29 April 2010
10:58 GMT |
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, working together with investigators from Spain and the United States, have recently released the early results of a new study on the Sun. Gathered by the SUNRISE balloon-borne telescope, the new images of the star's ... |
12 November 2009
04:44 GMT |
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In a constantly expanding trend, the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mentality is currently making its way in many walks of life, from Google's servers to people making their own clothes. Just recently, two students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proven that they can compete with NASA in terms of... |
16 September 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Astronomers at the University of Delaware have recently launched a new observation balloon in Sweden, which will fly at the high edge of the Earth's atmosphere, above the Atlantic Ocean, and will attempt to collect readings on cosmic radiation at high altitude. The instrument, which is longer than a football fie... |
22 May 2009
04:23 GMT |
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Much can be said about extreme artist Eskil Ronningsbakken, but not that he cares for his life. The daredevil performs some of the most impressive and dangerous stunts in the world, such as dangling on a bicycle running a thin wire stretched between two cliffs, some 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) in the air. The DailyMail... |
17 April 2009
06:55 GMT |
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It's strange how strong the will to fly is in some of us who would do mostly anything to make our dreams come true. Just like this fellow American who, last Saturday, thought it was a good idea to tie 150 giant party balloons to a simple lawn chair and take to the skies. He was successful in his endeavor and, af... |
7 July 2008
02:50 GMT |
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Google has always been known as an innovative company and it strived to keep its good name as such. Being less under the spotlight with the Microsoft Yahoo! bid and everything related to it, the Mountain View based company has found some time to look at something else rather than the ongoing fight ahead of it at all ... |
21 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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