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Soon, blast off into space via gigantic air gun!

October 8th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 8 (ANI): If physicist John Hunter has its way, then Jules Verne's fictional gigantic gun that could be used to launch people into space, would soon be a reality. According to ...

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How water on Moon may be ‘harvested’ in future to propel missions to Mars (Re-Issue)

September 27th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 27 (ANI): With an instrument aboard India's Chandryaan discovering water molecules on the Moon, scientists are now all the more confident of harvesting water from the lunar surface in the ...

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Water on Moon may be ‘harvested’ in future to propel missions to Mars

September 26th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 26 (ANI): With an instrument aboard India's Chandryaan discovering water molecules on the Moon, scientists are now all the more confident of harvesting water from the lunar surface in the ...

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Fuelling up at orbital gas stations may help rockets in long-distance space travel (Re-Issue)

August 9th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 9 (ANI): Astronauts in the future may not worry if their rocket runs out of fuel, as they would be able to gas up at orbital gas stations floating in ...

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Fuelling up at orbital gas stations may help rockets in long-distance space travel

August 8th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Astronauts in the future may not worry if their rocket runs out of fuel, as they would be able to gas up at orbital gas stations floating in ...

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Next generation fireworks turn out to be a whole lot ‘greener’ (Re-Issue)

July 5th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals.Fireworks are fun and exciting, but ...

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Next generation fireworks turn out to be a whole lot ‘greener’ (Re-Issue)

July 5th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals.Fireworks are fun and exciting, but ...

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Next generation fireworks turn out to be a whole lot ‘greener’

July 4th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 4 (ANI): A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals. Fireworks are fun and exciting, but ...

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Salty pools may exist on Mars

March 25th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI -
London, March 25 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Lander has shown the presence of perchlorate salts in Martian soil, which can keep water liquid at temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius, leading scientists ...

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Martian soil may be less hospitable for potential life than once believed

August 5th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 5 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to ...

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Coming soon, trips to space on rocket fuelled by old car tyres!

July 2nd, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 2 (ANI): The idea of space tourism has moved one step close to reality after UKs biggest passenger space rocket, fuelled by old car tyres, was unveiled. Nova 2 ...

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Arizona researchers develop worlds fastest nanomotors

May 2nd, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , May 2 (ANI): Arizona researchers have made a breakthrough development by making a new generation of sub-microscopic nanomotors that are up to 10 times more powerful than existing motors. The ...

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A frustrating wait for the rocket-fuel Olympic torch to mount Everest

May 1st, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Beijing, May 1 (DPA) Frustration has planted itself squarely in the midst of the 10 foreign journalists who have travelled to Mount Everest to report on the path of the Olympic flame ...

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Electric solar wind sail to power space travel

April 18th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 18 (IANS) An electric solar wind sail developed by the Finnish Meteorological Institute two years ago has moved rapidly from invention towards implementation. The electric solar wind sail developed by ...

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NASA finds bacteria that can grow on lunar soil

March 14th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by admin -
London, March 14 (ANI): New experiments by NASA have suggested that a bacterial life form found on Earth can grow in otherwise inhospitable lunar soil. According to a report in New Scientist, ...

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US to shoot down disabled spy satellite

February 15th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by admin -
London, February 15 (ANI): The Pentagon is contemplating shooting down a disabled US spy satellite before its entry into the atmosphere in late February or early March. Official sources say that such ...

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