Group: Robotic Rescue Mission Uncertain
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) with a robot would cost $2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace
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NASA&#39;s Mars rovers don&#39;t seem to be wearing out so mission planners have begun to think more boldly, including a plan to let one climb up a steep &quot;escape hatch&quot; from a crater it has been exploring and set out on a trek across a plain.
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Well, when you&#39;re running a space program with mostly volunteers, you have to expect some hiccups. The da Vinci Project, a Canadian effort to launch a civilian space flight, has pushed back test flights because of the looming holiday season.
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In what should have been the &quot;home stretch&quot; of their six-month orbital expedition, the crew of the international space station is struggling with new problems in their critical oxygen production system.
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PASADENA, Calif.   The Mars rover Spirit has developed a problem with one of its six wheels, but NASA officials said Tuesday they believe the robot geologist can continue working.
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NASA has a few options when it comes to the future of the Hubble Space Telescope: It could perform another maintenance mission with a risk to astronauts, build a costly robotic
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Scientists expect to detect a lot more asteroid threats with new technology, but it's still not clear what anyone will do about them. Randy Dotinga reports from the AAAS meeting in San Francisco.
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The Hubble space telescope&#39;s chances of survival were dealt a blow yesterday after the US National Academy of Sciences said plans for a robotic repair mission were both exorbitant and risky.
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While astronauts set a record for using robotics in space, NASA engineers on Friday focused on a slow leak aboard space shuttle Discovery that if it worsens could cause a first-of-its-kind shutdown of one of three hydraulic systems during Monday&#039;s landing attempt.
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[World News]: Washington, Dec 10 : A National Academies&#39; panel has ruled out sending a robotic mission to mend the Hubble Space Telescope, citing fears that a robot might crash into Hubble instead of fixing it.
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The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA&#39;s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet.
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A pair of robots named ASTRO and NextSat have been working together in Earth orbit, docking, undocking, flying around and refueling, as if they have minds of their own.  Their adventures may herald a revolution in the way we explore space.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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A robotics exercise sponsored by the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security is trying to find ways to evaluate the performance of robots.
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In a prelude of more problems that are likely to arise, both of NASA's Mars    rovers experienced glitches this week as they plow through unknown engineering    territory, operating well beyond what the mission blueprints called for.
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Scientists sifting through the wreckage from Wednesday's space capsule crash say some of the experiments can be salvaged, but it won't be easy. By Amit Asaravala.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Spacewalking astronauts and technicians on the ground conducted a day of trouble-shooting that shed light on a spate of problems that have stalled construction of the International Space Station, NASA managers said Tuesday.