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Simplicity Saves NASA a Fortune

By Staff Writers on March 10, 2012

The problem was solved using a vibration chair developed for the Gemini program (Credits: NASA). Using inexpensive off the shelf electronics,... Read more →

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Commercial Airliners, Electrical Grids Weathering the Solar Storm

By Joel Spark on March 9, 2012

Despite warnings that Tuesday’s massive solar flares and associated coronal mass ejection (CME) might cause disruptions to power systems on... Read more →

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Solar Flare Blinds Venus Express Probe

By Joel Spark on March 8, 2012

The European Space Agency’s Venus Express probe seems to have been “blinded” by the recent solar flare and related Coronal Mass Ejection... Read more →

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Robotic Refueling Mission Demo Underway on ISS

By Staff Writers on March 8, 2012

International Space Station's Canadian Dextre robot moves the RRM Multifunction Tool towards the RRM module on March 8 (Credits: NASA). Tests of... Read more →

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Russia Develops Space Android

By Joel Spark on March 7, 2012

Russia has created a robotic cosmonaut, similar to NASA’s Robonaut. The SAR-400 robot can be remotely operated from Earth, mimicking the... Read more →

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Capturing Aurorae from Space

By Merryl Azriel on March 7, 2012

Astronaut Don Pettit posted this photograph on his blog on February 24th, noting "That's Canada's Manicouagan Crater near the center." (Credits: Don... Read more →