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Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try (AP)

Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming.


Atlantis astronauts warily eye landing-day weather (AP)

Atlantis astronauts warily eye landing-day weather

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts checked their ship's flight systems and packed up Thursday in hopes of an on-time end to their triumphant Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, although the weather prospects ...


Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.





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Rain, wind keep space shuttle flying extra day (AP)

Bad weather further stalls shuttle landing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Bad weather in Florida has stalled space shuttle Discovery's landing once more.


Bad weather may disrupt shuttle landing schedule (AP)

Bad weather may disrupt shuttle landing schedule

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Astronauts are conserving power on the space shuttle Atlantis because bad weather in Florida may keep them in orbit longer than planned.


L-R: Ann Daniels, navigator, Martin Hartley, expedition photographer, and Pen Hadow, expedition leader

Flight dispatched with supplies for North Pole team

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said.


This handout photo courtesy of Catlin Arctic Survey shows British explorers Pen Hadow and Ann Davis in northern Canada

Resupplied North Pole explorers resume trek

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 0

Three British explorers fighting to survive a gruelling trek to the North Pole finally resumed their journey Friday after receiving vital supplies of food, fuel and equipment, organizers said.


New happiness research demonstrates when material items are the best option

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It matters whether you give your loved one a material gift or an experience for Valentine's Day, say researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis.


Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight (AP)

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.


Charles Bolden (R) in January, 1994, accompanied by Russian mission specialist Sergei Krikalev

Obama to name black former astronaut to lead NASA

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

US President Barack Obama will name black former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA administrator, The Los Angeles Times reported.


Some Squirrels Born with a Silver Spoon

Lucky Squirrels Born With 'Silver Spoon' Effect

Biology /

created Apr 04, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 0

As the saying goes, some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths. The same goes for at least one species of the animal world, according to research done in part by the University of Alberta.


Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight (AP)

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.


MIT developing a better flight plan for weather forecasting

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are trying to improve weather forecasting using robotic aircraft and advanced ...



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