News tagged with expedition
Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding ...
Scientists find 56 new species in Papua New Guinea
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Jumping spiders, a tiny chirping frog and an elegant striped gecko are among 56 species believed new to science discovered during a Conservation International (CI) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) expedition ...
Google Earth aids discovery of early African mammal fossils
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 28, 2009 |
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A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of a trove of fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife.
Dung beetle named after Darwin
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition.
Polar Sea Ice replicated in Hamburg
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As northern Europe enjoys a rather warm start to autumn, an international team of 20 polar scientists have brought icy winter conditions to the middle of Hamburg, Germany. They are studying the effect of ...
Russian spacecraft docks with space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the ...
Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the ...
NOAA and partners to survey marine life at USS Monitor wreck site
Aug 07, 2009 |
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NOAA will participate in a private research expedition to study marine life living on and around the wreck of the USS Monitor. The August 2-8 expedition is the first in the history of Monitor National Marine Sanctuary devoted ...
Expedition 18 Takes Command on Space Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, along with flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Greg Chamitoff, officially took charge of the International Space Station Wednesday. The Change of Command Ceremony took ...
New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury ...
Expedition 18 Crew To Launch from Baikonur
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the ...
Rare frog caught on film during Manchester rainforest expedition
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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An incredibly rare frog has been captured on camera for the first time during an expedition by University of Manchester scientists to the rain forests of Central America.
