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Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...


NASA puts new rocket on launch pad for test flight (AP)

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...


Rescue shuttle moved to launch pad just in case (AP)

Rescue shuttle moved to launch pad just in case

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month.


At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop ...


Step out for PAD

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

You probably know that poor diet and lack of exercise can lead to dangerous deposits of fatty plaques in arteries. But it is not just the heart that is affected – blood flow can be blocked to the legs too, leading to pain ...


GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch ...


Spring breakers should keep an eye out for bed bugs during travels

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at ...


Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission (AP)

Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift ...


Kepler Planet Finding Mission Set for March 5 Launch

Kepler Planet Finding Mission Set for March 5 Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is on its way to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life.


Expedition 21 to Launch to Station Wednesday Morning

Light-Duty Day for ISS Crew, Expedition 21 to Launch Wednesday Morning

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 20 crew members had a light-duty work day and performed a variety of maintenance and science-related tasks Monday as they prepare for a busy week aboard the International Space ...


NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket (AP)

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.


Space Shuttle Atlantis To Move To Launch Pad Saturday

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.


Atlantis is Headed for the Launch Pad

Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Launch Pad for Hubble Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

At 9:19 a.m. EDT this morning, space shuttle Atlantis began its slow trek from Kennedy Space Center's massive Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, a journey that should take approximately six hours. ...


Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch

Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch ...


Multiple sclerosis research charges ahead with new mouse model of disease

Biology /

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study highlights the role of a charge-switching enzyme in nervous system deficits characteristic of multiple sclerosis and other related neurological illness.