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International Space Station's 15 Years of Continuous Human Presence Celebrated
Dec 29, 2015The International Space Station on Monday reached another milestone: the orbiting laboratory has been home to astronauts and cosmonauts for 15 consecutive years. Although placed in orbit in 1998, the station did not welcome its first ...
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Japan Develops 30th H-2A Rocket for Black Hole Study Mission
Dec 29, 2015Japan's largest defense contractor has developed the 30th H-2A rocket, which will carry a satellite designed to study black holes, local media reported Wednesday. The 53-meter-long rocket was assembled at the Tobishima Plant of the ...
Tags: 30th H-2A Rocket, Black Hole
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Yokohama and JAXA Have Successfully Simulated Noise Generated From The Structures
Mar 21, 2014Researchers from Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have successfully simulated near real-scale flow structures (turbulence) around a tire rolling on a road surface -- and the acoustic waves (noise) ...
Tags: Tire Noise, Yokohama, Rubber
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Fully Autonomous Robots Could Transform The Way We Live
Mar 6, 2014Fully autonomous robots could transform the way we live, but so far such machines remain beyond the reach of our most advanced technologies. Existing robots are generally limited to performing simple, well-structured tasks in controlled ...
Tags: Robots, Walk, Fully autonomous robots
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The $100-Billion International Space Station Will Be Extended by Four Years
Jan 9, 2014The $100-billion International Space Station will be extended by four years, or until at least 2024, allowing for more global research and scientific collaboration, NASA said Wednesday. The orbiting outpost, the largest space lab ever ...
Tags: International Space Station, NASA, extension
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NASA and JAXA Prepare to Launch a New Satellite in February
Dec 30, 2013Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February. NASA and JAXA selected 1:07 p.m. to ...
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Given The Significant Expense Involved in Manufacturing, Launching Satellites
Dec 13, 2012Given the significant expense involved in manufacturing, launching, and maintaining satellites, their manufacturers are continually investigating ways to reduce damage to these expensive devices. As part of one such effort, TREK, Inc., a ...
Tags: satellites, electrostatic voltmeters, high-voltage amplifiers, voltmeter
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Sensitive Information on a New Long-Range Rocket Project May Be Stolen by a Computer Virus
Nov 30, 2012IDG News Service-Japan's space agency said Friday that sensitive information on a new long-range rocket project may have been stolen by a computer virus. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,or JAXA,said it found evidence that a single ...
Tags: space agency, Virus, Space Rocket Data, Japan