Cosmonauts Try And Fail To Install Cameras On ISS

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December 27, 2013

Image Caption: Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio captured this view of spacewalkers Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy working outside the International Space Station and posted it to Twitter. Credit: NASA

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A second spacewalk for the week was underway Friday morning as Russian cosmonauts attempted to install a new camera system outside the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy opened up the hatch of the Pirs docking compartment this morning to step outside into the abyss and install photographic and scientific equipment on the hull of the complex.

The cosmonauts tried to attach a pair of high-fidelity cameras on a combination biaxial pointing platform but were thwarted by an electrical problem. The cameras are part of a Canadian commercial endeavor designed to take pictures of Earth.

Officials said the cosmonauts had to retrieve the cameras after installation because electrical connections failed. Rob Navias said during a NASA Television broadcast those cameras did not provide any electrical signals on the ground. Kotov and Ryazanskiy disconnected the cameras so they could be brought back inside the station for further analysis.

The space walkers were unable to conduct several experiments that were originally scheduled for Friday due to the technical difficulties they faced when installing the cameras.

Kotov was making his fifth spacewalk and Ryazanskiy his second. This spacewalk was the 177th in the history of the space station and the eleventh of the year.

Earlier this week, Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins conducted a 7-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Christmas Eve to retrieve a spare pump module from an external stowage platform. This spacewalk was designed to finish the job they started last Saturday when the men removed a faulty pump module from the starboard truss.

Tuesdays spacewalk was only the second-ever Christmas Eve spacewalk conducted in history. The first Christmas Eve spacewalk was 14 years ago on Space Shuttle Discovery, which involved upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Inches Closer to 2014 Test Flight

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NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, the next-generation spacecraft that could be used for future manned missions to Mars, is less than a year away from its debut test launch in 2014.

The test flight, known as Exploration Flight Test-1, or EFT-1, is scheduled to take place in September. The spacecraft will fly 3,600 miles (5,800 kilometers) above Earth, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has traveled since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

The spacecraft will orbit the planet twice before plunging through the atmosphere and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California.

The Orion capsule's heat shield, which will protect the spacecraft as it travels nearly 20,000 mph (32,000 km/h) through the atmosphere, was delivered earlier this month to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and engineers are now preparing for its installation. NASA officials said the heat shield, which will protect the Orion spacecraft from temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,200 degrees Celsius), is expected to be in place in the spring.

The spacecraft's three main parachutes were installed this month. The 300-lbmain chutes, which together could nearly cover a football field, were installed using a crane. A total of 11 parachutes will be used to slow the vehicle to less than 20 miles per hour (32 km/h), as it prepares to splash down in the ocean.

The Delta 4 heavy-lift rocket that will be used to launch the Orion space capsuleon its maiden test flight is also nearing completion at United Launch Alliance's facility in Decatur, Ala. The rocket is scheduled to be shipped to Florida in the spring, NASA officials said.

If the first test flight goes well, the first full-scale unmanned flight is slated for 2017, during which the spacecraft will be launched atop NASA's new Space Launch System.

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Nanotechnology education – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nanotechnology education is being offered by many universities around the world.[1] Nanotechnology education involves a multidisciplinary natural science education with courses in nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, math and molecular biology. The first program involving nanotechnology was offered by the University of Toronto's Engineering Science program; where nanotechnology could be taken as an option.

Here is a list of universities offering nanotechnology education, and the degrees offered in nanotechnology, Bachelor of Science in Nanotechnology, Master of Science in Nanotechnology, and PhD in Nanotechnology. This list is not complete.

A list of the Masters programs is kept by the UK based Institute of Nanotechnology in their Nano, Enabling, and Advanced Technologies (NEAT) Post-graduate Course Directory.[32]

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In addition to several tertiary programs, nanotechnology is being taught as part of science studies at high schools. The Journal of Nanoeducation provides articles on K-12 initiatives.

in2nano is a high school outreach program in Egypt aiming to increase scientific literacy and prepare students for the sweeping changes of nanotechnology.

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Molecular Medicine – Official Site

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Published by theFeinstein Institute for Medical Research(New York),Molecular Medicinestrives to understand normal body functioning and disease pathogenesis at the molecular level, which may allow researchers and physician-scientists to use that knowledge in the design of specific molecular tools for disease diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should maintain this focus and describe the implications for human disease, at a level approachable by the broad readership ofMolecular Medicine. Click here for moreregarding the editorial process.

View Molecular Medicine'sEditorial Board.

The 2012 Journal Citation Report (JCR), showing impact factors calculated from citations of articles published in 2011 and 2010, listsMolecular Medicinewith an impact factor of 4.469. JCR category rankings are as follows: Medicine, Research & Experimental 22/121, Cell Biology 57/184, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 66/290.

Molecular Medicinepublishes work in the format of original research articles, review articles, editorials, commentaries, and letters to the editor covering emerging concepts in the interdisciplinary field of molecular medicine. Authors click here for more information.

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Molecular Medicine – Wake Forest School of Medicine

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The Section of Molecular Medicine focuses on performing cutting-edge research in cellular and molecular mechanisms of human disease and supports graduate and postgraduate level educational programs within the Department of Internal Medicine.

A major goal of the section is to serve as a nidus for translational research by providing an environment where clinical and basic science faculty interact to make new discoveries and to educate future scientists.

The section consists of 6 primary faculty members who use cellular and molecular approaches to gain a better understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying several chronic human conditions including asthma, arthritis, inflammation, infection and aging.

A particular research focus is cell signaling and the regulation of gene expression. The research in the section is supported by grants from the NIH, from foundations including the American Federation for Aging Research, the Arthritis Foundation, and the American Heart Association, froman endowed professorship and from partnerships with industry.

The section also provides a center for laboratory research training and education in translational research for medical students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows including subspecialty fellows in the Department of Internal Medicine. A seminar series is held weekly in conjunction with the graduate program in Molecular Medicine.

Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD The Dorothy Rhyne Kimbrell and Willard Duke Kimbrell Professor of Internal Medicine Head, Section of Molecular Medicine

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Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine: GPILS: University of …

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The Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine at the University of Maryland Baltimore offers research and training opportunities with internationally-renowned scientists. Our Molecular Medicine Program is an interdisciplinary program of study leading to a Ph.D. degree. There are three different research tracks: Cancer Biology, Genome Biology and Molecular Physiology & Pharmacology. Each provides for a unique interdisciplinary research and graduate training experience that is ideally suited for developing scientists of the post-genomic era.

Faculty mentors in this graduate program are leaders in their respective research areas and reside in various departments and Organized Research Centers in the School of Medicine and Dental School, the Institute for Genomic Sciences (IGS), the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and the Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases (CVID). The over 150 faculty in the Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine are internationally recognized for their research in biotechnology, cancer, cardiovascular and renal biology, functional genomics and genetics, membrane biology, muscle biology, neuroscience and neurotoxicology, reproduction and vascular biology.

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