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SpaceX completes crucial milestone toward launching astronauts

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is now one more step closer to sending astronauts to orbit. The commercial space firm announced today that it has completed a successful review of the company’s ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 46

NASA Tests Launch Abort System At Supersonic Speeds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aerospace engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center are conducting a series of wind tunnel tests to develop technology for future human space exploration. Using a six percent scale Orion model, ...

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created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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5 US urban counties lead 'Terror Hot Spots' list, but rural areas not exempt

Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but events continue to occur in rural areas, spurred on by domestic actors, according to a report published today ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work

Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' ...

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Equine herpesvirus study to unravel how virus unlocks immune system 'gate'

A Colorado State University study will look at how equine herpesvirus type 1 may compromise the immune system immediately upon entering the “gate” of a horse’s respiratory system – the airway and throat ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mars-bound NASA rover aiming for an August landing

A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward Mars prepared to fire its thrusters Wednesday to put itself on course for an August landing.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Orion drop test on Jan. 06, 2012

(PhysOrg.com) -- After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6.

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Pill some day may prevent serious foodborne illness, scientist says

Modified probiotics, the beneficial bacteria touted for their role in digestive health, could one day decrease the risk of Listeria infection in people with susceptible immune systems, according to Purdue University resear ...

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UK experts: Assisted suicide legally possible

An independent panel of experts in the U.K. says there is a strong case for changing British law to help terminally ill people die.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

NASA conducts Orion parachute testing for orbital test flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday in preparation for its orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts ...

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created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Testing Orion space capsule

(PhysOrg.com) -- Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, ...

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6


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