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  NASA Signs Agreement for a European-Provided Orion Service Module

  January 22, 2013 — NASA signed an agreement in mid-December for the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraft's Exploration Mission-1 in ... > full story
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  Obese Much More Likely to Die in Car Crashes Than Normal Weight Drivers, U.S. Study Finds

  January 21, 2013 — Obese drivers are significantly more likely to die in a road traffic collision than people of normal weight, according to a new U.S. ... > full story
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  Small UAV Supports Development of Lightweight Sensors

  January 15, 2013 — Engineers are developing an airborne testing capability for sensors, communications devices and other payloads. Their aerial test bed is known as the GTRI Airborne Unmanned Sensor System ... > full story
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  Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Optimizing Processes in the Aeronautics Industry

  January 11, 2013 — A computer engineer has been working to apply artificial intelligence techniques, data mining and machine learning to problems linked to the aeronautics ... > full story
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  NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies

  January 10, 2013 — Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... > full story
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  Drug Resistance in E. Coli: 'Baby Steps' Can Pay Off Big

  January 9, 2013 — Scientists have found that mutations of seemingly small consequence can turn out to be game changers in the bacterial fight against antibiotic drugs. The discovery came during an exhaustive, ... > full story
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  Scientists Use Marine Robots to Detect Endangered Whales

  January 9, 2013 — Two robots equipped with instruments designed to "listen" for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots reported the ... > full story
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  Pilot Fatigue Is Threat to Safety: Expert Criticizes European Proposals to Relax Flight-Time Limits

  January 3, 2013 — This year the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will agree new flight-time limitations (FTLs) for pilots. Many consider EASA's proposal to relax FTLs a threat to ... > full story
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  NASA'S Space Launch System Core Stage Passes Major Milestone, Ready to Start Construction

  December 28, 2012 — The team designing America's new flagship rocket has completed successfully a major technical review of the vehicle's core stage. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will take the agency's Orion ... > full story
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  NASA Puts Orion Backup Parachutes to the Test

  December 20, 2012 — NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight ... > full story

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