Chinese firm to send Spanish rover to moon in 2014
August 18th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) A Chinese company will send a Spanish rover to the moon in June 2014, after competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, Xinhua reported.According to ... Read more...
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Chinese firm to send Spanish robot to moon
August 17th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Aug 17 (IANS/EFE) China Great Wall Industry Corporation in June 2014 will launch the Spanish robot that is competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest to the moon.The ... Read more...
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Virgin Galactic’s spaceship makes first solo test flight
October 11th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 11 (ANI): Experiencing those few minutes of weightlessness on Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship-Enterprise-would soon become a reality, as the spaceship has made its first solo test flight in California.The ... Read more...
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Inventors to fight out in 20 mn-pound moon-flight contest
October 4th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) Backyard inventors are hoping to land their own weird contraptions on the moon after Google launched a 20 million-pound competition.
The NASA had estimated that such flights would ... Read more...
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Super-light car bags $5m fuel efficiency prize
September 17th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 17 (ANI): The main prize of a 10-million-dollar challenge to design a car capable of 100 miles per gallon (mpg) has gone to the makers of a futuristic-looking vehicle that ... Read more...
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How to use glue to develop a lighter spacecraft
July 27th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): An aerospace pioneer has proposed that in order to develop a lighter spacecraft, engineers would need to glue the fuel tanks to the inside of the craft.Rocket-driven spacecraft ... Read more...
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Italy plans to send spider and crab robots to Moon by 2012
May 15th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A team of private racketeers from Italy is planning to send robots to the Moon by the year 2012, which would resemble skittering spiders or crabs that could ... Read more...
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Virgin Galactic ”mothership” to take first flight in two weeks
December 14th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14 (ANI): Virgin Galactic''s WhiteKnightTwo is set to take its first flight in the next two weeks, and could become the first privately owned vehicle to carry tourists to ... Read more...
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Now, a mobike that is powered by compressed air
August 15th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 15 (ANI): A motorcycle that is powered by compressed air has been developed by researchers at the National Central University in Taiwan.Yu-Ta Shen and Yean-Ren Hwang, the researchers behind ... Read more...
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Win 10 million dollars by designing a 100 miles per gallon commercial car
January 16th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): A new competition in the US is encouraging automotive developers to produce a mainstream car that can travel at least 100 miles on a gallon of gas, and ... Read more...
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Soon, the moon will have traffic jams just like earth!
December 17th, 2007 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 17 (ANI): Standing long hours because of traffic light signals on earth are now passe, because it might be time to consider traffic lights on the moon.In the past week, ... Read more...
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