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Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow

A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in diagnosing problems ...

18 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii

Scientists will study diet & nutrition for "astronauts" who spend four months in a mock space capsule.

14 hours ago from Livescience

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Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists

Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking ...

Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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Video: How the View From a Comet Might Look

The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is heading for a comet. The ambitious mission -- scheduled to enter orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January of 2014 and place a tiny lander ...

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Wired Science

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Mars cooperation near collapse

US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.

16 hours ago from BBC News

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GRAIL returns first video from moon's far side

(PhysOrg.com) -- A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, ...

Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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More Galileo satellites ordered

The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.

Thu 2 Feb 12 from BBC News

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Russia blames radiation for space probe failure

The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality ...

Tue 31 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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Bright lights of Broadway: The astonishing picture of a nighttime New York and surrounding cities as seen from 200 miles above Earth

This breathtaking picture of America's east coast at night shows the thin veil of atmosphere which protects all life on earth from the harsh and inhospitable environment of outer space.

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Daily Mail

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Europe's Space Program Spurring Job Growth

With the new addition, Vega, to the family of rockets coming out of Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, the need for tech-centric personnel is on the rise. Effectively doubling their yearly ...

Thu 2 Feb 12 from SPACE.com

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