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UH team helps NASA improve navigation systems for lunar exploration
Apr 16, 2009 |
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If NASA is going to successfully establish a permanent human presence on the moon, it must be able to accurately track and direct its crew members and exploration vehicles, and the space agency has charged a University of ...
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Dust Devils Whip By Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2007 |
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On sol 1120 (February 26, 2007), the navigation camera aboard NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured one of the best dust devils it’s seen in its three-plus year mission. The series of navigation camera ...
India To Build Independent Satellite Navigation System
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2006 |
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ISRO officials met with industry representatives Tuesday to discuss the Indian government's plan to build an independent satellite navigation system using home-grown components. The project, called the Indian Regional Navigation ...
Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.
New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon.
Cancer rejection: Scientists discover crucial molecule
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a molecule on the surface of immune cells which plays a critical role in cancer rejection.
Physicists slow and control supersonic helium beam
Mar 08, 2007 |
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The speed of a beam of helium atoms can be controlled and slowed using an "atomic paddle" much as a tennis player uses a racquet to control tennis balls, physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
NASA Satellites Capture Start of New Solar Cycle
Jan 11, 2008 |
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NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology ranging from GPS navigation to weather satellites.
NASA, ESA complete comparative exploration architecture study
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Over the last 6 months, representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been engaged in detailed assessment of potential programs and ...
Mercury Messenger Probe Flips Sunshade Towards The Sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2006 |
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The Messenger spacecraft performed its final "flip" maneuver for the mission on June 21. Responding to commands sent from the Messenger Mission Operations Center at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...
Scientists Announce First Observation of ‘Persistent Flow’ in a Gas
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Using laser light to stir an ultracold gas of atoms, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have demonstrated ...
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