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Mars Spirit Rover Facing End Of Mission DecisionPasadena CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010 NASA's Mars rover Spirit will mark six years of unprecedented science exploration and inspiration for the American public on Sunday. However, the upcoming Martian winter could end the roving career of the beloved, scrappy robot. Spirit successfully landed on the Red Planet at 8:35 p.m. PST on Jan. 3, 2004, and its twin Opportunity arrived at 9:05 p.m. Jan. 24, 2004. The rovers began missions intended to last for three months but which have lasted six Earth years, or 3.2 Mars years. During this time, Spirit has found evidence of a steamy and violent environment on ancient Mars that was quite different from the wet and acidic past documented by Opportunity - halfway around the planet. ... read more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out - a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of immersion in virtual environments also attracts millions to assume new identities in online virtual worlds. Now researchers at The University of Nottingham, SRI Internati ... more  
Shanghai (XNA) Jan 04, 2010Construction of a 65-meter-diameter radio telescope started Tuesday in Shanghai, an official from one of funders said Wednesday. The telescope, a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy, will be used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes including Chinese astronomical projects like Chang'e lunar probe, YH-1 Mars exploration and other deep space explor ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 04, 2010Fleet Management Solutions, Inc. (FMS) and Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) has selected FMS Iridium-based vehicle tracking and mobile resource management systems for deployment under a major initiative to optimize efficiency. The FMS tracking equipment and hosted Web software will improve asset re ... more |
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  Cockroaches Offer Inspiration For Running Robots   Researchers Recalculate Age Of Solar System   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Huntsville, AL (SPX) Jan 04, 2010NASA has extended a contract with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to provide science and operational support for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a powerful tool used to better understand the structure and evolution of the universe. The contract extension with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory provides continued science and operations support to Chandra ... more  
Chennai, India (IANS) Jan 04, 2010The Indian and French space agencies have sought research proposals on data to be generated from a payload on a satellite to be launched next year. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency have called for research proposals on the data to be generated from AltiKA, a payload in Satellite with ARgos and AltiKa (SARAL). ... more  
Jupiter FL (SPX) Jan 04, 2010Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian evolution. The study from Scripps Florida in Jupiter shows that prions can develop large numbers of mutations at the protein level and, through natural selection, these mutatio ... more |
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  Apron Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America   Four PTB Primary Atomic Clocks Will Contribute To UTC   Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions |
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