Published on August 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
International Space Station Cooling Glitch – Half of the International Space Station’s cooling system suddenly shut down during the weekend, forcing the astronauts to power down equipment and face the likelihood of urgent spacewalking repairs. After huddling Sunday, NASA managers gave preliminary approval for a pair of spacewalks, the first of which would take place [...]
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Published on May 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Doctors Release Starving Yoga – An 83-year-old Indian holy man who claimed he spent seven decades without food or water astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Prahlad Jani spent two weeks in a hospital in the western Indian state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team [...]
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Published on April 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home – The space shuttle Discovery safely returned to Earth after bad weather caused NASA Mission Control to postpone the shuttle’s landing three times. Discovery and its seven astronauts landed at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center runway 33.
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