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Discovery astronauts begin spacewalkWashington (AFP) April 9, 2010 Two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery began a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday, working on an ammonia tank on the outside of the International Space Station, NASA said. Mission specialists Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio left the shuttle's airlock at 0531 GMT for the first of three space walks during the 13-day mission to resupply the space station. Mastracchio, the lead spacewalker, was seen in images beamed to Earth working on an ammonia tank on the outside of the space station, ... read more |
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Hengelo, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 01, 2010The Netherlands Defence Materiel Organization and Thales Nederland signed a contract for the delivery and installation of an Integrated Mast that is to be installed on the Joint Logistic Support Ship (JSS). This ship is presently being designed and engineered by Damen Schelde Shipyard in Flushing. This Integrated Mast is an I-Mast 400, identical to the Integrated Masts that are to be insta ... more  
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 01, 2010For years, Brown University neuroscientist James Simmons has filmed bats as they flew in packs or individually chased prey in thick foliage. All the while, he asked himself why the bats never collided with objects in their paths or with each other. "You wonder, how do they do it?" he said. After a series of innovative experiments designed to mimic a thick forest, Simmons and colleagu ... more  
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 01, 2010Indra, with the support of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism along with the Ministry of Defence, started up an R and D project to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) of rotary wings and with dual character, either for civil or defence fields. The system will be launched in 2012 and will be one of the first worldwide to meet mission needs of any navy force. The system can ... more |
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Signature Switches ESA Lab From Netherlands To SpainParis, France (ESA) Mar 30, 2010 With a flourish of pens, a key ESA lab has officially gained a new home. Last Thursday saw the signing of an agreement to relocate the Agency's High-Power Radio Frequency Laboratory from ESTEC in the Netherlands to Valencia in Spain. The laboratory will now be hosted by the Valencia Space Consortium (VSC), a non-profit organisation set up by Valencia's two universities, its regional government and municipality. ESA and the VSC will contribute similar levels of resources to the Laboratory, with its ... read more |
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