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China Will Use Its Homegrown BDS to Track Civil Flights
Jul 13, 2015China will use its homegrown Beidou satellite navigation system (BDS) to track civil flights, in an attempt to avoid disasters like the Malaysian MH 370. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said the BDS will be tested on ...
Tags: Beidou Navigation System, GPS, Flights
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Europe Will Expand Its Space Presence This Year Through Missions
Jan 20, 2014Europe will expand its space presence this year through missions with a more practical application for Earthlings—notably the Galileo constellation of navigation satellites, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Friday. Six Galileo ...
Tags: European Space, Space Activities
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Engineers Are Developing The Solara Powered Robotic Airplanes Capable of Staying Aloft
Jan 3, 2014I f you take the main road east out of Moriarty,N.M.,turn south at a sign advertising glider rides,and then swing east again past the sailplanes ornamenting a two-runway airport,you will see hangar No.76,the headquarters of Titan ...
Tags: Solara, solar-powered robotic airplanes, Titan Aerospace
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NASA Engineers Have Brought a Long-Running Mars Rover out of Stand-by Mode
May 6, 2013NASA engineers have brought a long-running Mars rover out of stand-by mode after the robot ran into trouble last month. The Mars rover Opportunity is back up and running, according to Guy Webster, a spokesman for NASA. "Confirmation has ...
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NASA's Proposed $17.7 Billion Budget Includes Plans to Capture and Redirect an Asteroid
Apr 12, 2013NASA's proposed $17.7 billion budget includes plans to capture and redirect an asteroid into orbit around Earth so astronauts can study it. Ultimately, the project looks to learn more about the makeup of asteroids in an attempt to protect ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Curiosity Put Itself Into Safe Mode on Saturday After a Software Bug
Mar 19, 2013After a computer glitch sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity late last month, another problem has it down again. NASA reported that Curiosity put itself into safe mode on Saturday after a software bug caused a command file to fail a ...
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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Is out of Safe Mode and Back on Active Status
Mar 7, 2013NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is out of safe mode and back on active status after computer trouble had sidelined the vehicle for nearly a week. The space agency reported that Curiosity is now running on its backup computer system, known as ...
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A Computer Problem Has Forced NASA Scientists to Put The Rover Into Safe Mode
Mar 7, 2013A computer problem onboard the Mars rover Curiosity has forced NASA scientists to put the rover into safe mode while they try to bring a backup system online and try to figure out what is wrong with the main computer. "We are doing ...
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Rover Curiosity Wrapped up Its First Full Day and Is Functioning Perfectly
Dec 31, 2012The rover Curiosity wrapped up its first full day on the Martian surface and is functioning perfectly,NASA officials said Tuesday. "Curiosity is asleep right now getting ready for tomorrow,"said Michael Watkins,a mission systems manager ...
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NASA Engineers Rarely Clap and Cheer When Their Spacecraft Crash
Dec 28, 2012NASA engineers rarely clap and cheer when their spacecraft crash. That wasn't the case today. Nearly one year after beginning to orbit the moon and helping scientists learn more about the internal structure andcomposition of the moon, ...
Tags: NASA, spacecraft crash, orbiters, Moon Mountain
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The Curiosity Rover Found Evidence of a "Vigorous" Thousand-Year Water Flow on The Mars
Dec 25, 2012Less than two months into its mission, NASA scientists say the Curiosity rover has found evidence of a "vigorous" thousand-year water flow on the surface of Mars. This is exciting news for NASA scientists who sent the nuclear-powered, ...
Tags: NASA, Curiosity rover, evidence of water, Mars
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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Has Dubbed a"Brain Transplant."
Aug 14, 2012Computerworld-NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is three-quarters of the way through a major software upgrade NASA has dubbed a"brain transplant." The four-day software upgrade started Saturday and,if all goes as planned,should wrap up by ...
Tags: NASA, software upgrade, backup computer