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NASA Conducts Full-Scale Test Firing of Orion Jettison Motor
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA completed a full-scale rocket motor test on Thursday, July 17, to further development of the Orion jettison motor, which will separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew ...
NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008 |
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NASA has completed the first full-scale rocket motor test for the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft, a test of a solid rocket that will be used to jettison the craft's launch abort system.
Sprint to stop selling certain push-to-talk phones
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is giving up on a technology that allows some Sprint-branded phones to use a "push-to-talk" walkie-talkie service similar to what's available on the company's Nextel-branded phones.
Molecular motors may speed nutrient processing
May 30, 2007 |
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Matthew Tyska, Ph.D., recalls being intrigued, from the first day of his postdoctoral fellowship in 1999, with a nearly 30-year-old photograph. It was an electron micrograph that showed the internal structures of an intestinal ...
Progress space ship to undock from ISS
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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The International Space Station crew was to jettison a cargo spacecraft loaded with trash Tuesday, allowing it to incinerate in the Earth's atmosphere.
Finding microscopic motors in the gut
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Jun 28, 2007 |
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Digestion has a previously unsuspected mechanical dimension: Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that the tiny, hair-like protrusions that line the gut are filled with millions of molecular motors that produce streams ...
Space station crew gets rid of trash
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2007 |
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The International Space Station crew is preparing for the arrival of another Russian cargo spacecraft by discarding no longer needed items.
Giant ice ball different from hail
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2006 |
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An ice ball that landed in Douglasdale, South Africa, might be one of the first "megacryometeors" recorded in Africa, the Johannesburg Star said Sunday.
DNA evidence is in, newly discovered species of fish dubbed H. psychedelica (Video)
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Psychedelica" seems the perfect name for a species of fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren. So says University of Washington's ...
Google sells underperforming radio ad business
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. has found a buyer for a radio advertising business it has abandoned as part of efforts to cut costs and jettison underperforming operations.
Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises
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Sep 23, 2008 |
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Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report ...
Station Crew Will Try Orbit Boost Again
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May 01, 2006 |
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Russian experts will try again this Thursday to lift the International Space Station to a higher orbit to ease future rendezvous maneuvers and reduce the risk of collisions with orbiting debris.
Three Back-to-Back Spacewalks Coming Up on Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2007 |
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The first of three spacewalks in nine days by International Space Station Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled to begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
Newest system mechanic adds energy boost, more
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Walk into any convenience store these days and you'll see those little energy booster bottles next to the register, containing a drink that gives you a jolt of power when you really need it and gets you firing on all cylinders. ...
Tiny polyps need 2 kinds of carbon to survive coral bleaching
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Mar 04, 2008 |
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How well ocean reefs recover from the growing damage caused by warming sea temperatures depends both on how much the tiny coral polyps can eat, and how healthy they can keep the microscopic algae that live ...
