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A classic story about family, respect, and loyalty, Mario Puzo's The Godfather and the Paramount Pictures film based on that novel serve as the game's inspiration. The Godfather: Blackhand Edition puts you at the center of the action in one of history's most revered cinematic masterpieces, allowing you... |
31 October 2007
10:42 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavour is getting ready for the next mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a nearly five-year wait. A fuel tank and the booster rockets were mounted on it, in preparation for the mission, scheduled on August 7.The mission will send seven crew members to the Intern... |
12 July 2007
05:48 GMT |
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NASA and one of its many contractors are planning a future Moon base, an outpost that could be reused by the crews of the next lunar missions to land on the surface in the next decades. This base camp will house astronauts, allowing them to use the moon's natural resources, conduct scientific experiments and eve... |
9 July 2007
11:43 GMT |
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NASA created a new office, the Einstein Probes Office, in Greenbelt, Maryland, hosted by the Goddard Space Flight Center, which will study some of the strange phenomena of the Universe, ranging from black holes and cosmic microwave background radiation to the elusive dark energy.It will host many science missions t... |
9 July 2007
05:49 GMT |
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Robotic applications like those seen in the sci-fi movies will soon become a reality, as future robots could take over some human professions, like low-tech construction workers, medical nurses, doing the chores for people or helping them in extreme environments.The latest development in that direction is the Eurobo... |
7 July 2007
06:03 GMT |
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Landing at high enough speeds on sandy planets could sink the landing module deep in the sand layer, just like a rock diving into a pool. This is the conclusion of a new study that considered the problem of sand on other planets and how that could affect future manned missions to the Moon and Mars.Both Mars and the M... |
4 July 2007
10:59 GMT |
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Two old space probes just received new assignments, after they had fulfilled their original missions. Deep Impact and Stardust are the two robotic space travelers that NASA decided to reactivate and send to chase Comet Tempel 1.Deep Impact is a NASA space probe launched on January 12, 2005 that was designed to stud... |
4 July 2007
02:48 GMT |
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The two satellites of the Orbital Express mission, the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) vehicle and a prototype modular next-generation serviceable satellite (NEXTSat) successfully reunited after they were separated by 7 kilometers.One of the main purposes of the mission is to test the ability o... |
3 July 2007
06:17 GMT |
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Yesterday, the space shuttle Endeavour rolled out of the hangar and was taken to the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where a fuel tank and the booster rockets were mounted on it, in preparation for the next mission, scheduled on August 7.Endeavour, one of the original five spaceships i... |
3 July 2007
02:50 GMT |
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The new spaceship currently under development at NASA, Ares V, will be able to transport people on the Moon and maybe even on Mars. A scientist is proposing a new type of rocket that, if mounted on Ares V, could dramatically reduce the costs of future manned missions.Steven Howe, director of the Center for Space Nuc... |
28 June 2007
08:31 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely back on Earth, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, after a two week mission during which it delivered new solar power wings and a fresh crew member to the International Space Station."Welcome back and congratulations on a great mission," said NASA mission control to the ... |
23 June 2007
04:39 GMT |
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The Atlas 5 rocket - built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and marketed under a new Lockheed-Boeing Co. joint venture called United Launch Alliance and directed by the National Reconnaissance Office that was carrying a secret spy satellite into space, encountered some technical problems right after launch.The NRO - one of ... |
18 June 2007
15:36 GMT |
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NASA's space program is not the only one to carry people and equipment into orbit. There is also the spy-satellite program, which is not so exposed to the media, and not much is disclosed about the secret cargo of some rockets that also take off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.As secret as t... |
16 June 2007
06:15 GMT |
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Tenchu Z aka Tenchu Senran is the eighth game in the Tenchu series. It is different from the previous games in the series, because now the player can create his own ninja characters, then builds up their skills as he plays through the game rather than choosing from a small selection of pre-made characters. They tak... |
27 April 2007
04:59 GMT |
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