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Web video is here to stay and it may one day replace TV as we know it, as YouTube would have you believe. But, in the meantime, it's the TV people who have all the money, save for YouTube, and they're putting some to good use, like Discovery Communications buying Revision3.
Revision3 is seven years old now... |
4 May 2012
08:41 GMT |
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The test shuttle Enterprise – which never actually flew to space – has been mated with the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) 905, at the Washington Dulles International Airport, in Virginia. The orbiter is scheduled to be transported to New York next week. While Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis were in ac... |
21 April 2012
06:20 GMT |
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During the official transfer ceremony that saw NASA officials hand over one of their three remaining orbiters to representatives of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the space shuttle Discovery met the shuttle Enterprise face to face.
More accurately, they met nose to nose, on the tarmac at the Smithso... |
20 April 2012
03:18 GMT |
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After leaving the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, and flying over the US Capitol on April 17, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) 905 landed at the Washington Dulles International Airport, carrying the orbiter Discovery.
Yesterday, April 18, it was turned over to the Smithsonian National Air and Space M... |
19 April 2012
10:04 GMT |
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Yesterday, April 17, 2012, the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 carried the orbiter Discovery over the US Capitol, in Washington DC, during the last flight the legendary spacecraft ever took. The SCA then headed to Virginia, where the shuttle will be exhibited from now on.
The heavily modified Boeing 747 aircraft ... |
18 April 2012
08:47 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery has left the NASA Kennedy Space Center for the last time today, April 17. Attached to the last Shuttle Aircraft Carrier still in active duty, the orbiter is currently on its way to the Washington Dulles International Airport, in Virginia.
On April 19, it will be officially turned over to ... |
17 April 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Officials at NASA have recently announced plans to exhibit the space shuttle Discovery alongside a full-scale, test model of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia.
The installation is located near the Washington Dulles International Airport, and belon... |
17 April 2012
02:48 GMT |
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It's the end of an era in television: Discovery Network has just announced it's terminated the contract with British television personality Bear Grylls, he of the “Man vs. Wild” fame. Money seems to have been an issue.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Discovery says that Grylls' c... |
14 March 2012
04:04 GMT |
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Google security researchers Ben Laurie and Adam Langley propose a new way in which digital certificates are issued and verified, to make sure that situations in which CAs issue them unknowingly will become rare or even inexistent.
In a paper called “Certificate Authority Transparency and Auditability,” L... |
30 November 2011
05:43 GMT |
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Columbia University researchers Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo found a vulnerability in HP LaserJet printers that could allow a hacker to remotely control it to launch cyberattacks, steal information that’s being printed and even instruct its mechanical components to overload until the device catches on fire. Ac... |
29 November 2011
09:16 GMT |
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Bulbophyllum nocturnu is the first night-flowering amazing orchid discovered by specialist Ed de Vogel in New Britain island, near Papua New Guinea, during one of his usual trips. His finding proves that biodiversity should never be considered a closed chapter, as experts deal with several unknown species of plants a... |
22 November 2011
11:37 GMT |
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Shazam for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad now offers users unlimited free tagging, the developers announced this week. The move aims to give Shazamers more opportunities to discover and engage with their content, as well as to enter a promotion to win cash and Meet Kelly Clarkson.Featured in Apple promo materials on nu... |
30 September 2011
07:46 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency are expected to make an important announcement next week, which will finally clear the mystery as to where the space shuttles will be displayed after retirement.Discovery has already completed its career with the STS-133 mission earlier this year, and it's Endeavor's... |
9 April 2011
03:53 GMT |
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For all intents and purposes, the space shuttle Discovery is bound to be delivered to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in Washington DC. However, before that is done, NASA engineers will have another go at the spacecraft, performing an autopsy of sorts.
The procedure is necessary because the orbiter... |
16 March 2011
03:44 GMT |
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The oldest and most flown orbiter in the American space fleet landed gracefully at a NASA spaceport yesterday, concluding nearly 27 years of continued operations. The final voyage of Discovery leaves astronauts and other personnel with a bittersweet feeling.The shuttle landed for one last time at the Kennedy Space Ce... |
10 March 2011
02:36 GMT |
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, will mark a historic moment in the history of the space shuttle program, namely the retirement of the first of three orbiters NASA operated for nearly three decades. Discovery is due to make its final landing on March 9. The spacecraft is now in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and the six-astronaut crew o... |
8 March 2011
07:41 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery is about to say farewell to the International Space Station and outer space for ever. The spacecraft will separate from the orbital facility today, March 7, and head for a March 9 landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The 12 astronauts onboard the space lab got together on... |
7 March 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Yesterday, March 3, US President Barack Obama called the joint crew of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS), marking the final flight the orbiter will ever make. During the conversation Obama had with the 12 astronauts – who represent the United States, Russia, and the European ... |
4 March 2011
03:53 GMT |
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Two astronauts from the crew of the space shuttle Discovery have gone outside the International Space Station (ISS) a couple of hours ago. They are conducting the second extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission to the orbital facility. According to the crew aboard the ISS, the spacewalk debuted with a mal... |
2 March 2011
11:00 GMT |
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The International Space Station just got a little bigger yesterday, as astronauts delivered and installed a new storage module on the orbital lab. The Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) will be used for depositing materials and supplies, and also for holding scientific and experiments equipment.The storage room was ... |
2 March 2011
03:03 GMT |
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Yesterday, February 28, the robotic arm of the International Space Station (ISS) suffered a malfunction during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission. One of the two astronauts carrying out the spacewalk was stuck on the device for a short period of time.
It is now believed that a system f... |
1 March 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery are getting ready to perform the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission. Two astronauts will go outside the station to perform vital repairs and upgrades. The spacewalkers, both of them ascended to orbit on Dis... |
28 February 2011
08:03 GMT |
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With the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Thursday, February 24, the number of different spacecraft that are currently attached to the International Space Station (ISS) jumped to 4. There are now American, Russian, European and Japanese vehicles attached to the orbital facility.
This is the first time ever th... |
28 February 2011
02:40 GMT |
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NASA had been preparing to send the Discovery shuttle on its final voyage and it seems that the launch was completed successfully, albeit not without a small, last-minute technical mishap of sorts. Those that like to keep track of man's various efforts to better understand and cope with what lies beyond our pla... |
25 February 2011
03:51 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery appears to be plagued by bad luck. After all it's been through since late October, the orbiter underwent two new check-ups on the night of February 8 and the morning of February 9. A tool used to repair the spacecraft came loose and fell to the ground at the launch pad.The accident to... |
10 February 2011
03:02 GMT |
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Last night, Monday (January 31), the space shuttle Discovery was returned to its launch facility in Florida, after spending more than a month in a NASA hangar for repairs. The mission is now due to take off to low-Earth orbit on February 24.
This was the second time that the spacecraft, its external fuel tank, and... |
1 February 2011
02:22 GMT |
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Mission planners and controllers at NASA finally gave their go-ahead to have the space shuttle Discovery roll out to its launch pad one last time this Monday, on January 31.
The experts, together with NASA top officials, believe that the orbiter is ready to undertake its final mission to the International Space S... |
29 January 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the space shuttle Discovery will be rolled out to its launch facilities on Monday, January 31, in preparation for a February 24 launch opportunity.They add that the engineering crews at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, finished the necessary repairs, tha... |
26 January 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Officials with NASA and the Space Shuttle Program have decided that space shuttle Atlantis will fly the STS-135 mission, its last, on June 28, 2011. This will also be the last launch of the SSP as a whole, crowning nearly three decades of uninterrupted orbiter use. If all goes according to the current NASA launch man... |
21 January 2011
16:01 GMT |
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After injuring himself in a bicycle accident on January 15, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra is apparently in a worse enough condition to prompt officials at the American space agency to replace him as one of the six astronauts to fly the STS-133 mission.
Kopra was one of the astronauts that were supposed to take the spa... |
20 January 2011
01:38 GMT |
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A member of the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) may not be able to accompany his colleagues in their journey to low-Earth orbit. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra had a bicycle accident over the weekend, and appears to have broken his hip.Up until this point, the American space agency has not released... |
19 January 2011
09:45 GMT |
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According to an announcement made by the American space agency on Tuesday, January 11, it could be that space shuttle Discovery will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on February 24, after months of delay.The spacecraft was originally scheduled to take off in early November, after having been rolle... |
13 January 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency decided in a meeting held yesterday, January 6, to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery yet again, this time to late February. The spacecraft was supposed to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than February 3.According to sources at NASA, the... |
7 January 2011
13:11 GMT |
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According to the flight manifest governing all missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS), the next flight to launch for low-Earth orbit is that of the second H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo delivery spacecraft constructed by JAXA.The space probe features no automated docking controls of its ... |
7 January 2011
10:41 GMT |
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In what is clearly an unprecedented move, the Vatican has agreed to allow access to some of its files in order for Discovery to be able to produce a new series based on actual cases of exorcism and hauntings, called “The Exorcist Files.”Entertainment Weekly has learned that the series will be based on rea... |
6 January 2011
10:58 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery is currently scheduled to take off in its STS-133 mission no earlier than February 3, and engineering teams at NASA are racing around the clock to ensure that the spacecraft is ready for the flight. The orbiter is headed for the International Space Station (ISS), where it will deliver a ne... |
6 January 2011
03:23 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency, it would appear that the space shuttle Discovery is currently being prepared for its February launch. However, engineering teams say that there troubles plaguing the spacecraft are a lot more serious that originally thought.Due to the large number of cracks that we... |
3 January 2011
03:46 GMT |
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Following intense protests from fans and a scathing letter from the Estate, Discovery has canceled a documentary reenacting Michael Jackson’s autopsy, initially scheduled to air in mid-January.As we also reported at the beginning of December, Discovery announced it would air the documentary in the UK, made poss... |
3 January 2011
03:10 GMT |
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A while back, word got out the Discovery was preparing to air a documentary on Michael Jackson’s autopsy, using a synthetic cadaver. Fans have been campaigning against it since then – and now the Estate is also joining in the fight. Co-executors John Branca and John McClain have fired off a scathing lette... |
30 December 2010
08:36 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the space shuttle Discovery is currently undergoing final preparations for its roll off the launch pad, and back into a processing facility.Discovery, originally scheduled to take off on its final trip to space ever in early November, has been on the Launch Pad 39A... |
21 December 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Following more than six weeks of delays from its originally-planned launch date, the shuttle Discovery is currently undergoing a large battery of tests. Engineers at NASA want to ensure that everything is in order for the February lift-off, and also that the root cause of the past glitches is discovered.
While at... |
18 December 2010
03:48 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery has been standing at its launch pad in Florida since September 20, aiming for a launch last month. But delays have pushed the mission well into next year, and so engineers at NASA have taken the logical next step, which is to return the orbiter to its hangar. The decision was made yesterda... |
14 December 2010
05:32 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the launch of space shuttle Discovery has been postponed to no earlier than February 2011, due to the severity of the damages found on the orbiter's external fuel tank.
Taking off with that many cracks in the massive orange tank would equal suicide, expert... |
4 December 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency are still uncertain whether or not the space shuttle Discovery will be fit to fly by December 17. During a prolonged meeting yesterday, December 2, officials and mission controllers could not come to a decision on whether or not to go through with it.While December 17 remains th... |
3 December 2010
03:30 GMT |
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In recent meetings aimed at monitoring the progress of repairs on the space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials have began adopting a more tempered tone when speaking about the spacecraft's chances of launching during the upcoming window of opportunity.The orbiter was originally supposed to launch on November 1, b... |
1 December 2010
03:05 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the space shuttle Discovery is not yet ready to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). In all likelihood, they add, the orbiter will not be able to take off during next weeks' launch window. The decision is owed to the most recent series of delays strik... |
25 November 2010
03:34 GMT |
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Engineering teams at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) announce that they finished repair work on the space shuttle Discovery, and with time to space. Experts still have 10 days to conduct final checks, and determine whether to allow the orbiter to fly or not.The STS-133 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) ... |
23 November 2010
06:02 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they are now planning to launch the space shuttle Discovery on December 3, more than a month after the initial November 1 take-off date. The delays were caused by numerous malfunctions and glitches in the orbiter. In early November, shuttle technicians discovered a... |
19 November 2010
03:41 GMT |
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As if it was not enough, NASA engineers have found a third small crack in the aluminum skin of the external fuel tank of the space shuttle Discovery, while they were carrying final repairs before the spacecraft's last spaceflight.Kennedy Space Center engineers were already analyzing the two 23 centimeters (9 inc... |
13 November 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Engineering teams working on a shuttle external fuel tank have found additional damage on the orange container, and are now considering all possible options for taking care of the problem so that the orbiter's schedule is respected. The space shuttle Discovery was supposed to launch to the ISS on its final fligh... |
11 November 2010
01:48 GMT |
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