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NASA News, Mar 14, 2012

NASA Explores Ways To Tidy Up Space Junk
Sci-Tech Today
"Dead" satellites are an example of space debris, which poses increasing risks to functional satellites and the International Space Station. Cleaning up space junk has NASA stumped, looking for new ways to clean up the galaxy. Space debris comes from ...
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Sci-Tech Today
Recommended: SpaceX aims for April 30 launch of milestone space station mission
msnbc.com
An artist's conception shows SpaceX's Dragon capsule at the InternationalSpace Station for a delivery. By Alan Boyle SpaceX's president says the California-based rocket company is preparing to launch the first commercial cargo ship to the ...
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NASA and CSA robotic operations advance satellite servicing
PhysOrg.com
The Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) module on the InternationalSpace Station before it was installed on its permanent platform. RRM will demonstrate robotic servicing technology and lay the foundation for future missions. Credit: NASA NASA's Robotic ...
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PhysOrg.com
Space Tourism Industry Set To Lift Off, With NASA Providing 'Kick-Start'
Huffington Post
So far, only seven people -- including one who flew twice -- have paid their own way to fly in space. The combination of pre-flight training, round-trip travel on a Russian Soyuz rocket and about 10 days aboard the International Space Station, ...
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K-glove Developed From Space Robot
PCWorld
By Nick Barber, IDG News General Motors and NASA used technology from their space-bound Robonaut 2 to create robotic gloves for humans that the companies hope can reduce repetitive stress injuries. The K-glove could assist assembly workers, ...
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NASA's Robot Glove Lends a Cyborg Hand to Astronauts
Space.com
Such "Robo-Glove" technology emerged when NASA and General Motors (GM) built "Robonaut 2" as a robot assistant for astronauts living aboard the space station. The glove's mechanical strength allows human wearers to grip tools longer and more ...
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Record Setting Spanish Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria Leaves NASA
Fox News
He most recently served in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate at NASA'sJohnson Space Center in Houston as assistant director for the InternationalSpace Station (ISS). Our American Dream: From Dishwasher to Business Leader - Thanks Abuela "His ...
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GM, NASA jointly developing robotic gloves for human use
R & D Magazine
R2 is a permanent resident of the International Space Station. When engineers, researchers, and scientists from GM and NASAbegan collaborating on R2 in 2007, one of the design requirements was for the robot to operate tools designed for humans, ...
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R & D Magazine
Long space missions may harm astronauts' eyes
KTVN
Vision changes in some International Space Station astronauts have been noted but the cause is not fully understood, according to Dr. William Tarver, chief of the flight medicine clinic at NASA/Johnson Space Center. No astronauts have been listed as ...
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NASA's Robotic Glove Gives Astronauts a Stronger Grip
Wired News (blog)
It's a spin-off of Robonaut 2: a humanoid assistant that's currently working on the International Space Station. R2 has a life-like hand with sensors, actuators and tendons in his fingers, which offer him greater level of dexterity and force.
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Wired News (blog)
Long-term space missions impact eyes, brain
The Hindu
Medical crews at Nasa and space agencies in Europe, Russia, Japan and Canada are now screening astronauts before, during and after spacemissions. Astronauts who had flown on the Space Shuttle and InternationalSpace Station reported changes to ...
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Astronauts Found to Have Eye Issues After Long-Term Space Trips
DailyTech
Texas researchers studied 27 astronauts who had participated in long-duration NASA missions. Out of the 27, nine had an expansion of the cerebral spinal fluid space surrounding the optic nerve; six of them had a flattening of the rear of the eyeball; ...
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DailyTech
Does space travel damage eyesight?
The Week Magazine
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station: Many astronauts who live at the ISS for several months find that their once-excellent vision is damaged by a prolonged zero-gravity stay. Photo: NASA SEE ALL 34 PHOTOS If you were eyeing a $200000 ...
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Gas Attendant Robot Takes First Step Towards Refueling Satellites inSpace
TIME
Two weeks ago, while the astronauts on the International Space Station were sound asleep, Mathieu Caron was carefully putting Dextre into place from the safety of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) control center in St. Hubert, Quebec.
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TIME
NASA demands study for all astronauts after eyeball-deformation concerns
The State Column
The researchers examined data from 27 astronauts, each of whom were exposed to zero gravity for an average of 108 days while on space missions or in the International Space Station. Eight of the 27 astronauts underwent a second MRI exam after a second ...
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NASA and GM unveil robo-glove
msnbc.com (blog)
The contraption is a spin-off of their Robonaut 2 project, which put a two-armed android torso with a camera-equipped head on the International Space Stationlast year. The space agency and the automaker both say they're trying to turn the glove into a ...
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NASA's 'Robo-Glove' will help factory workers get a grip for longer
Daily Mail
The gloves were developed as part of General Motor's partnership with NASA to create Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot to be launched into space. The robot went up to the International Space Station last year, but handily the gloves will find a ...
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Daily Mail
Lawmakers Unhappy With NASA Budget Priorities
Aviation Week
By Frank Morring, Jr. US space-policy leaders remain divided overNASA's direction as President Barack Obama's first term winds down, with another slugfest between the White House and Congress over the agency's fiscal 2013 budget request likely this...
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Aviation Week
Academy of Art students help with space exploration
San Francisco Chronicle
Maria Bualat, a systems engineer at NASA's Ames Research Station in Mountain View, said Tuesday that the collaboration with the art university is already under way, and the results will be tested next year by astronauts aboard the International Space ...
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NASA prepares to ship shuttles to new 'retirement' homes
msnbc.com
NASA is set to begin delivering its retired space shuttles next month to museums for their public display. Out of the four orbiters to be moved — space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, as well as the prototype Enterprise — two are ready ...
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msnbc.com
Powered Roboglove moves from space to auto plants
TG Daily
General Motors and NASA have teamed up to create a powered robotic glove for use in space - and on the auto factory floor. The Human Grasp Assist device - aka the Robo-Glove - derives from the Robonaut 2 project. This saw the first humanoid robot ...
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Spaceflight Bad for Astronauts' Vision, Study Suggests
LiveScience.com
In a new study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who spent an average of 108 days inspace aboard NASA's space shuttle and/or the International Space Station.
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Veteran astronaut to head up commercial space federation
Spaceflight Now
He most recently served in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as assistant director for the International Space Station. "Mike has faithfully served the Flight Crew Operations Directorate for many years," ...
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Spaceflight Now
NASA astronaut brain study shows space flight may damage eyesight
Herald Sun
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical School in Houston scanned the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who had spent an average of 108 days inspace, either on space shuttle missions or aboard the International Space Station.
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NASA, GM developing robotic glove
UPI.com
"Initial testing of the Robo-Glove indicates the wearer can hold a grip longer and more comfortably," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. "For example, an astronaut working in a pressurized suit outside the space station or an ...
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In space, NASA robots successfully repair, refuel satellites ...
By Andrew Nusca
That's good news for NASA, which sought to further use of the station as a test bed for new technology that slashes years-long timelines to mere months. It's also the latest step toward better collaboration between humans and robots inspace, ...
Smart Takes | SmartPlanet
First Humanoid Robot in Space Inspires a Grip-Enhancing Robotic ...
By Clay Dillow
A collaboration between NASA and General Motors has produced a glove that gives humans a more powerful grasp. ... Robonaut 2's Earth-Dwelling Cousin With the Robo-Glove Prototypes it Helped Inspire NASA. If you've been following the Twitter account of our favorite robot (and the only humanoid) inspace, then you know Robonaut 2 is out of the box and getting to work aboard the International Space Station (this morning it is using a tool to take air velocity measurements).
Popular Science - New Technology,...
Veteran Astronaut Lopez-Alegria Leaves NASA « AmericaSpace
By Jason Rhian
During his tenure with NASA, Lopez-Alegria logged more than 257 days inspace, including 215 days as commander of Expedition 14 to the InternationalSpace Station (ISS). This currently stands as the longest spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut.
AmericaSpace
NASA Faces Security Scrutiny
By arieanna
The big news in data breaches this week comes from NASA. According to a ...In addition to this, it has been revealed that a laptop stolen from NASAcontained algorithms used to command and control the International Space Station (ISS).
The Absolute Software Blog
NASA, GM working on a 'Robo-Glove' to assist astronauts and ...
By Richard Lawler
GM, NASA Jointly Developing Robotic Gloves for Human Use Robonaut technology coming to the factory floor or space station soon. HOUSTON – General Motors and NASA are jointly developing a robotic glove that auto workers and ...
Engadget
Houston, We All Have A Problem! | Business Computing World
By Peter Warren
Following a seemingly endless string of news stories revealing data losses from large organisations, the recent revelation that NASA had lost an unencrypted laptop containing the access codes to the space station seems to have got rather ...
Business Computing World
Upcoming ARISS ham radio contact with Liberty Junior High School ...
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned with participants at Liberty Junior High School, Burbank, IL on 14 Mar.
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Long Term Space Flights May Damage Astronaut's Eyesight
By James G
We've been space for over forty years but NASA was totally unprepared for a recent finding. Long term stints in ... Filed Under: eye, international space station, iss, nasaspace shuttle, vision Category: Amarillo News · Share on facebook!
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News and Deals: March 14, 2012 – Space travel may damage ...
By Matt Long
Fox News. Brain scans of NASA astronauts who were in space for more than a month revealed potentially serious abnormalities that could set back plans for longer deep space missions, according to a US study published Tuesday. Researchers from The University of Texas Medical School in Houston scanned the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who had spent an average of 108 days inspace, either on space shuttle missions or aboard the International Space Station. They found ...
LandLopers
Nasa Satellite Information: NASA and CSA Robotic Operations ...
By Megaan Austin
CSA Robotic Operations. NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment aboard the International Space Station has demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools can perform precise satellite-servicing tasks in space.
Nasa Satellite Information
Stolen NASA Laptop Had Space Station Control Code : Discovery ...
NASA had 5408 computer security lapses in 2010 and 2011, including the March 2011 loss of a laptop computer that contained command and control ...
news.discovery.com/.../stolen-nasa-laptop-had-space-station-c...
Space station control codes on stolen NASA laptop - CNET News.com
Theft of unencrypted laptop is just one of thousands of incidents in recent years, costing millions of dollars, the agency's inspector general tells Congress.
news.cnet.com/.../space-station-control-codes-on-stolen-nasa-l...
NASA - Ready to Launch! A New Website Sharing Space Station ...
One of the areas the International Space Station Benefits for Humanity website will highlight is Earth observations, which aid in providing information for disaster ...
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/.../humanities_website.html
Stolen NASA Laptop Had Space Station Control Codes - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: This story was updated at 7:31 p.m. ET.
news.yahoo.com/stolen-nasa-laptop-had-space-station-control-...
Stolen NASA Laptop Contained International Space Station Control ...
A NASA computer stolen in March 2011 contained unencrypted codes "used to command and control the International Space Station," according to an internal ...
www.usnews.com/.../stolen-nasa-laptop-contained-internationa...
Stolen NASA laptop contained space station control codes ...
NASA inspector general Paul Martin testified before a House Science, Spaceand Technology subcommittee that a notebook stolen from the aeronautics ...
www.techspot.com/.../47643-stolen-nasa-laptop-contained-spa...
NASA Struggles With IT Security, Loses Space Station Code : The ...
NASA's inspector general reports in testimony to Congress that the spaceagency's IT security efforts need improvement in the areas of ... The Two-Way - NPR's News Blog ... The International Space Station, seen from the shuttle Discovery ...
www.npr.org/.../nasa-struggles-with-it-security-loses-space-stat...
Stolen NASA laptop had space station codes | Newswatch | a Chron ...
Stolen NASA laptop had space station codes. Blogs. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Congress learned this week ...
blog.chron.com/.../stolen-nasa-laptop-had-space-station-codes/
Stolen NASA laptop had space station codes - Technology ...
A laptop stolen from NASA last year was unencrypted and contained command and control codes for the International Space Station on it, the ... Stolen NASAlaptop contained space station control codes ... More space news from msnbc. com ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../stolen-nasa-laptop-contained-space-st...
Nasa admits losing laptop containing Space Station controls - IT ...
US space agency Nasa has admitted to losing an unencrypted laptop last March that contained codes used to control the International Space Station.
www.v3.co.uk/.../nasa-admits-losing-laptop-containing-space-.
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