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Eco Cars: Cambridge University’s Endeavour solar car runs on the power of a hairdryer

Anupam — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:59:07 +0000

Eco Factor: Solar-powered car by Cambridge University Eco Racing team. Cambridge University Eco Racing’s solar-powered car, Endeavour, has officially been launched by F1 star Jenson Button. The car was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of...

Recycled urine: NASA shows the way!

Priyanka Khanghta — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:11:38 +0000

“What you guys represent is an example of what vision means in the space programme, always describing our willingness to stretch beyond currrent boundaries and to look at things in new ways” rightly said Barack Obama. As the technology...

Canadians Excited to Send Robotic 'Superhero' into Space

Anupam — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:21:27 +0000

Mr. Dextre stands taller than a house, has two seven-jointed arms and can fly around the Earth in about 90 minutes. But he is not a superhero, nor is “he” a...

Endeavour to return a day early due to Dean

Madan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:51:00 +0000

Endeavour mission, which has been in news all the year with some bad experiences, is once again in news. This time Hurricane Dean has forced the mission control center to cut short the mission for a day early landing of the crew as the...

Endeavour out of danger, may not require repair

Madan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:35:46 +0000

Adding one more headache to NASA, Rick Mastracchio had to cut short his latest spacewalk after he noticed a hole in his left glove. NASA asked Mastracchio and his fellow spacewalker Clay Anderson to return to the space station airlock soon after...

Damaged Endeavour may require spacewalk repairs

Madan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:06:04 +0000

Astronauts from NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour revealed on Sunday, using pointed laser and cameras fixed on the six feet robotic arm, that the gouge torn out of shuttle’s protective tiles is more than an inch deep. Teacher-astronaut...

Endeavour blasts off for ISS

Madan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:19:24 +0000

After some delays and controversies, Mission STS-118 got off to a brilliant start as the seven-member crew headed into space in space shuttle Endeavour at planned 2336 BST on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in...

Microsoft joins hands with NASA to provide 3-D images of Endeavour

Madan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:29:09 +0000

In an exciting collaboration with NASA, Microsoft teamed up to highlight the much-awaited Endeavour Mission. For the first time ever, Microsoft will provide us unprecedented views of Shuttle on the launch pad. Microsoft will use...