News tagged with payload
Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket
A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place satellites in low orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Europe's Vega rocket launch set for early February
The maiden voyage of Europe's Vega rocket, designed to launch small payloads of about 1.5 tonnes into low-Earth orbit, is set for February 9, the head of the European Space Agency said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Soyuz rocket lifts off with military satellite payload
A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday from Europe's space base in French Guiana, placing into orbit six low-orbit satellites with military or joint military-industrial use.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2011 |
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National security expert warns of Asian space race
(PhysOrg.com) -- James Clay Moltz, an associate professor in the department of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has published a commentary paper in the journal ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Autonomous deployment demonstration program completes flight testing
The Naval Research Laboratory Vehicle Research Section has successfully completed flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) program. The final demonstration took place Sept. 1 at the Yuma ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Image: Astronaut tests SAFER backpack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronaut Mark Lee tests the new backpack called Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), a system designed for use in the event a crew member becomes untethered while conducting an EVA.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Space science on the wings of starfighters
A NewSpace company based out of New Port Richey in Florida is working to provide suborbital access to space for firms with scientific payloads. The Star Lab project is an experimental suborbital launcher, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Mars Express observations temporarily suspended
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anomalies in the operation of the solid-state mass memory system on board Mars Express have caused science observations to be temporarily halted. A technical work-around is being investigated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2011 |
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NASA seeking student experiments for balloon flight
NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon. This balloon flight competition is a joint project between NASA and the Louisiana ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Branson and NM officials dedicate space terminal (Update)
With his usual flair, British billionaire Richard Branson rappelled from a balcony, shook up a big bottle of champagne and took a swig while christening the world's first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Boston Dynamics unwraps military robot AlphaDog (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston Dynamics has taken the wraps off its newest prototype combat escort, AlphaDog, which was developed with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Boston ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Cyborg insects generate power for their own neural control
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years, researchers have been working on designing and fabricating micro-air-vehicles (MAVs), flying robots the size of small insects. But after realizing how difficult it is to create ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Webb Telescope's MIRI flight instrument completes cryogenic testing in the UK
A pioneering camera and spectrometer that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has completed cryogenic testing designed to mimic the harsh conditions it will experience in space. The Mid-Infrared ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Discovery opens new options for improving transfusions
Donated red blood cells lose a key feature that diminishes their lifesaving power the longer they have been stored, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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KUKA makes a robot that knows what it is picking up (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Making a robot that can pick things up is not really a challenge anymore. Provided you calibrate your force sensors correctly the task is fairly simple. Making a robot that knows what it is picking up is ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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