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Latest Space Shuttle Mission Lifts Off, Stuffed With Worms [Space Shuttle]
Nottingham :: United Kingdom | about 7 hours ago
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Space Shuttle Atlantis took to the skies this week, carrying thousands of microscopic worms to be used in muscle-degeneration research. We already know these worms can handle spaceflight, because in 2003, another group of them survived a fall from orbit.
Tags: space shuttle, United Kingdom, Nottingham, Worms, Nematodes, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis
Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk of his career Saturday, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station. Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik ventured out into...
Tags: Randolph Bresnik, Randy Bresnik, Shuttle Atlantis, giving birth, Rebecca, baby girl, atlantis astronaut, Cape Canaveral, spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Extra-vehicular activity, Edwards Air Force Base, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station, Tranquility, Quest Joint Airlock, Space Shuttle program, Manned spacecraft, Barry E. Wilmore, Michael Fincke, Astronaut, Space suit, Space technology, Space Shuttle, NASA, Disaster Accident
Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Curiosity about the complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news...If you have your own news-related question that...
Tags: Mike Curie, ask ap, NASA, space shuttle, complex machine, AP Mobile, Connecticut Supreme Court, NCUA, Bridgeport Diocese, Cape Canaveral, National Credit Union Administration, Corporate credit union, Credit union, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Independent agencies of the United States government, Space Shuttle program, Financial institutions
Scientists map corn genome, reveal surprising secrets
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility If a biologist had to pick one living thing as the textbook of how genes work, what would it be? Corn seems to be a good answer. Now the scientific world has at hand the complete genome sequence of corn, announced by researchers who have collaborated...
Tags: genetic code, New York City, Toxicity, Fang, Waste, Hazardous waste, Panasonic, Technology Internet, Genetic mapping, Maize, Transposon, Genome, Gene duplication, Genetics, Genomics, Mobile genetic elements, Croc, Extra-vehicular activity, Human spaceflight, Manned spacecraft, Space Shuttle, Labor, Plant reproduction, Genome project, Human genome, Environment
Air and Space Museum Moves 'Beyond Earth'
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Spacewalk gloves and a Sokol pressure-suit glove are on display in the 'Moving Beyond Earth' exhibition A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum asks the big questions: How can human spaceflight become routine? How can a home...
Tags: New York, Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, Space Shuttle, Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement, NASA, National Air and Space Museum, Hubble Space Telescope, John M. Grunsfeld, Space Shuttle program, Technology Internet
When the Russians Came to Cape Canaveral
Kaliningrad :: Russia | 2 days ago
Credibility And Jeffrey Manber was the US representative of RKK Energia, the company that owned the Mir space station. In this exclusive excerpt from Apogee Books' Selling Peace , he recalls the cultural clash that happened when his boss came to visit from Moscow....
Tags: NASA, Yuri Semenov, Russian, RKK Energia, space programs, Cape Canaveral, space station, inside story, Dan Goldin, space shuttle, Russia, Kaliningrad
Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore. Atlantis crewmen Michael Foreman and Dr. Robert Satcher Jr....
Tags: Atlantis, Dr. Robert Satcher Jr., Michael Foreman, Mike Foreman, 1st spacewalks, shuttle atlantis, spacewalks mike, space shuttle, astronaut getting, spare antenna, Cape Canaveral, STS-117, Jerry L. Ross, Edwards Air Force Base, spaceflight, Manned spacecraft, STS-127, Technology Internet, Extra-vehicular activity, STS-115, Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129, Human spaceflight, Randolph Bresnik, Robert Satcher, International Space Station, Space Shuttle program
Young 'living fossil' fish filmed
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 3 days ago
Credibility The space shuttle Atlantis is due to rendezvous with the International Space Station at 11:53 a.m. Japanese researchers have filmed a young coelacanth — a rare fish known as a "living fossil" — deep in the ocean off Indonesia. The Kindle e-book reader...
Tags: international space station, shuttle atlantis, space station, space shuttle, space, Indonesia, Jakarta, Manned spacecraft, Environment
Space shuttle arrives at ISS today
The Atlantis astronauts plan a high-flying arrival at the International Space Station today after a two-day trip from Kennedy Space Center. With mission commander Charlie Hobaugh at the controls, Atlantis is scheduled to dock at the outpost just...
Tags: Space shuttle, Charlie Hobaugh, Randy Bresnik, space station, Atlantis, allnews, Washington, Earth, NASA, Manned spacecraft, spaceflight, Space Shuttle program, STS-115, Human spaceflight, space, Disaster Accident, international space station
Shuttle Atlantis to dock with space station
The space shuttle Atlantis is heading for a late-morning rendezvous with the International Space Station. The shuttle and the orbiting stations are slated to dock Wednesday at 11:53 a.m. ET. But just before the link-up, Atlantis will perform a pirouette...
Tags: space station, Rodney Savidge, space stations, Robert Thirsk, allnews, United Kingdom, London, Space, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Environment, STS-115, Human spaceflight, STS-117, Manned spacecraft, Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle program
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