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NASA Clears Shuttle Discovery for Tuesday Launch |
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Written by Tariq Malik (Space.com)
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Monday, 24 August 2009 |
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posted: 23 August 2009
05:32 pm ET
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA officials today cleared the space shuttle Discovery to blast off Tuesday as the weather outlook improved for the planned predawn launch. Mike Moses, head of Discovery's mission management team, said the shuttle and its seven-astronaut crew are ready for their 1:36 a.m. EDT (0536 GMT) launch toward the International Space Station on Tuesday. "We are go for launch," Moses told SPACE.com late Sunday. |
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Human-like Vision Lets Robots Navigate Naturally |
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Written by ICT Results
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Sunday, 23 August 2009 |
An inside view of VisGuide with the electronic circuits on main board. The video signals are sent via cables to a light- weight micro-PC that is carried for the user. (Credit: Decisions in Motion Project (www.decisionsinmotion.org)) ScienceDaily (July 17, 2009) — A robotic vision system that mimics key visual functions of the human brain promises to let robots manoeuvre quickly and safely through cluttered environments, and to help guide the visually impaired. It’s something any toddler can do – cross a cluttered room to find a toy. It's also one of those seemingly trivial skills that have proved to be extremely hard for computers to master. Analysing shifting and often-ambiguous visual data to detect objects and separate their movement from one’s own has turned out to be an intensely challenging artificial intelligence problem. |
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New Moon Photo Reveals Tracks from Tough Apollo Moonwalk |
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Written by Tariq Malik (Space.com)
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Sunday, 23 August 2009 |
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Managing Editor
posted: 21 August 2009
06:20 pm ET
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A new snapshot from NASA's newest moon probe has revealed the 38-year-old tracks leftover from a grueling moonwalk by two Apollo astronauts who tried, and failed, to reach a tantalizing crater. The photograph was taken by a camera on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and shows the terrain surrounding the landing site of Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell, who touched down on the moon Feb. 5, 1971 in their Antares lander. It was released Wednesday and confirmed that the astronauts came just 100 feet (30 meters) from the rim of their target, Cone Crater, before they turned back, LRO researchers said. |
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