News tagged with sailing craft
Ancient trading raft sails anew
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in nearly 500 years, a full-size balsa-wood raft just like those used in pre-Columbian Pacific trade took to the water on Sunday, May 10. Only this time, instead of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 13, 2009 |
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Last shuttle leaves space station, due back Thurs.
(AP) -- The last space shuttle is headed home.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Dawn craft to circle giant asteroid in 1st stop
(AP) -- After four years sailing through space, the Dawn spacecraft was expected to slip into orbit late Friday around a giant asteroid to begin a yearlong investigation into the origins of the solar system.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2011 |
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105 days in isolation -- and counting -- for 400 more
Sailing now in interplanetary space on their simulated mission towards the ‘Red Planet’, the Mars500 crew has entered in a new phase of their isolation. The previous mission endured 105 days in 2009 and from ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Setting sail in the sun
Propelled by sunlight pressure, large lightweight sails made of ultrathin aluminum-coated plastic could one day take probes to the edge of our solar system and other stars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Hydroptere unveils new testbed for ocean records
Alain Thebault, the French skipper of the world sailing speed record holder Hydroptere, on Monday unveiled a new prototype of the 'flying' yacht as a first step towards ocean-going records.
Aug 23, 2010 |
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As one non-native fish bears down on Great Lakes, notorious mussels spread across the West
In June, a commercial angler netted a 19-pound Asian carp on Chicago's Lake Calumet, part of the waterway system that connects the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. The fisherman's haul was ominous, suggesting that the ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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'Plastiki' bottle ship completes epic Pacific voyage
A boat crafted from thousands of empty plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbour on Monday, completing an epic trans-Pacific voyage to highlight the benefits of recycling.
Jul 26, 2010 |
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IKAROS unfurls first ever solar sail in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Japan's IKAROS has rolled out its solar sail, the first ever deployed in space. JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, achieved the feat by rotating the craft rapidly and spinning the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Japan rocket blasts off with 'space yacht', Venus probe
A Japanese rocket blasted off early Friday and successfully launched a Venus probe and a kite-shaped "space yacht" designed to float through the cosmos using only the power of the sun.
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May 20, 2010 |
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Bad weather postpones Japan rocket launch
Japan on Tuesday postponed the launch of a rocket due to deploy a Venus probe and an experimental "space yacht" propelled by solar particles, because of bad weather at the launch site.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2010 |
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