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Columbus prepares to set sail for Space Station PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 November 2007
The European Space Agency's Columbus orbiting laboratory has been placed into a payload canister ready to be loaded aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

 
NASA's STS-120 astronauts head home from space station PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 November 2007
The STS-120 crew undocked early Monday morning, November 5, 2007, from the space station after their adventuresome and successful trip, which for all intents and purposes allowed the Space Station to continue toward its completion in 2010.           
 
UPDATE: Tartan Racing wins 1st prize at DARPA Urban Challenge! PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 05 November 2007
The DARPA Urban Challenge was held on November 3, 2007, at the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. The Carnegie Mellon University team, Tartan Racing, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, won the $2 million prize with its vehicle named “Boss.”          
 
Three possible winners of driverless DARPA Urban Challenge PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 04 November 2007
The DARPA Urban Challenge was held on November 3, 2007, at the closed George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. It is a driverless competition whose goal is to develop fully autonomous ground vehicles able to navigate on urban streets.         
 
Astronaut Parazynski and solar array both shine bright on Space Station PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 04 November 2007
Emergency room surgeon turned high-flying, space-walking astronaut surgeon performed delicate surgery on an ailing solar array on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He left a scar but the patient has been healed.       
 
Nov 3-6 2007: View Comet Holmes & Space Shuttle/Space Station PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 04 November 2007
The hugely popular Comet 17P/Holmes is continuing to be quite a sight in the night sky. During the evening of November 4 and the morning of November 5, 2007, it makes its closest approach to the Earth. At the same time, the space shuttle and the space station will be seen in the night sky.
 
Eureka! Vanco Arctic Survey delivers first live Arctic video PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 03 November 2007
picture_1.pngThe team from the Vanco Artic Survey has transmitted live video from the most northerly location ever during trials in preparation for the survey next year.

 
Hydrazine hydrate could replace hydrogen fuel cells PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Fuel cells are being developed that use hydrogen. However, hydrogen is expensive because it needs platinum, a precious metal, to break down the hydrogen atoms. But, hydrazine hydrate uses cobalt or nickel, which are much cheaper elements.       
 
Human fingers evolved with same gene used to grow fish fins PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Swedish-English researcher finds overwhelming evidence that fingers on humans evolved from the same gene that is found to grow fins on the Australian lungfish.       
 
Brain imaging study find sleep loss leads to mental disorders PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Harvard University Medical School and University of California-Berkeley researchers have explained through their study that sleep deprivation leads to irrational behavior, what is associated with psychiatric (mental) disorders.        
 
Boston-area scientists study controlling hurricanes with soot PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 02 November 2007
Moshe Alamaro and Ross Hoffman say that if airplanes drop soot over clouds, then the carbon particles could absorb sunlight that would warm up the cold clouds. Such action would reduce wind speeds and possibly prevent hurricanes from causing damage like Katrina did to New Orleans.       
 
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