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“Full Tank, Please!”
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | This is one of NASA’s gas stations boys filling Discovery’s external tank with 1.6 million pounds of liquid fuel. The procedure had to be stopped yesterday, further delaying its launch. I wonder if he cleans the windshields too. More »
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NASA Grounds Shuttle Fleet
1:59AM Jesus Diaz | NASA has grounded the shuttle fleet after several pieces of insulating foam fell from the fuel tank during launch. Engineers didn’t expect it to fall from this area, according to shuttle program manager John Shannon: More »
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Shuttle Delayed By Lightning
2:00PM Jesus Diaz | The little thing at the bottom of this image is the space shuttle Endeavour, which was supposed to launch today. That huge glowing thing is a lightning striking from the sky. Not surprisingly, the launch has been delayed: More »
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Atlantis’ Impossible Take Off On NASA’s 747 Mothership
2:00PM Jesus Diaz | I’ve seen the shuttle pulling a Moonraker with NASA’s modified 747 mothership before—like in this spectacular zenithal shot of Endeavour—but it never ceases to amaze me to see the two of them taking off. More »
Computers
4:30PM Nick Broughall | At CeBit yesterday, the guys at Altech were showing off the Shuttle X50 touchscreen net-top. And although I couldn’t get a price on it, the 1366 x 768 touchscreen computer looked fantastic, as you can see from the video below. More »
Shuttle X50 Touchscreen Nettop Coming To Australia
4:30PM Nick Broughall | At CeBit yesterday, the guys at Altech were showing off the Shuttle X50 touchscreen net-top. And although I couldn’t get a price on it, the 1366 x 768 touchscreen computer looked fantastic, as you can see from the video below. More »
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Shuttle X50 Touchscreen Nettop Makes Me Miss My Lunchbox
4:59AM Mark Wilson | The Shuttle X50 is a touchscreen nettop that isn’t afraid to be manhandled around the house More »
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NASA’s New Ejector Seat Borrows Tech From Yesterday’s Apollo Program
6:00AM Jack Loftus | If something goes wrong with the upcoming space shuttle replacement program, and we hope it does not, this is what could save the astronauts’ lives. As they hurtle hundreds of miles per hour into the heavens, and their ship begins to break apart, mission control will scream “ABORT!” (or perhaps something a bit more technical), and the astronauts will be ejected from the capsule with a force that’s actually much greater than the g’s they’ll experience during launch. More »
Phones
Virgin Mobile’s First Helio Handset Due September 28th: The Shuttle
3:00AM Kit Eaton | Virgin Mobile USA is soon to launch its first handset that uses tech from newly acquired Helio. Just as predicted, the slider phone will indeed include advanced features like social networking and other mobile services “through partnerships with Accuweather, ESPN, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Yahoo!” and others. There’s also Virgin Mobile’s first location-based services like “Buddy Beacon” (a friend-finder) and “Where,” which supplies local service info. The 3G EV-DO handset is set to cost below US$100, have a 1.3-megapixel cam, Bluetooth and a 2-inch screen, and will be exclusively out at Best Buy Mobile and BestBuy.com on 28th September. Press release below. More »
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Air Force to Launch Military Orbital Spaceplane
8:15PM Jesus Diaz | The USAF and Boeing will launch the X-37B–the first military orbital space plane if you discount the secret military shuttle–on top of an Atlas V rocket in November. They want to test its flying features in space and during atmospheric reentry. And probably its anti-matter rays and nuclear bays and hyperspace engines too (but of course, they are never going to tell you that). However, there seems to be a conflict with the civilian space program which may push one of the Moon exploration missions to 2009. More »
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