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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has withheld information since 2003 that shows drivers using hands-free headsets are just as likely to be involved in traffic accidents as drivers using a handheld device, according to records obtained by the consumer advocacy groups Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety. While the NHTSA sat on […]

When the ongoing celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s historic strolls on the moon are finally over, NASA will be facing one of its biggest challenges yet: determining the future of U.S. manned spaceflight. Should the United States return to the moon after a decades’ long absence or press ahead […]

While Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins celebrated the 40th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon at the White House July 20, astronauts at the ISS (International Space Station) dealt with a more mundane matter: plumbing.A Russian-built, multimillion-dollar toilet was installed at the ISS late last year in anticipation […]

Almost three weeks after launching the world’s largest commercial satellite to deliver 3G voice, data and video communications, TerreStar said July 20 it had completed the first successful end-to-end phone call over TerreStar-1. The call was completed between two of TerreStar’s quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphones with integrated satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities. “This […]

Apollo 11: From the Earth to the Moon and into History 1961: Behind in the Space Race, JFK Sets Goal of Men on the MoonOn May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the moon before the […]

As the Space Shuttle Endeavour heads for a July 17 docking with the International Space Station, NASA mission managers are poring over photos and data to determine extent of the July 15 launch damage to Endeavour’s heat shields. The spacecraft took multiple debris hits from what are likely to be pieces of foam flaking off […]

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, walk on the moon, NASA July 16 released newly restored video of mankind’s first excursion to the lunar surface. The initial release, part of an Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project and posted on NASA’s Website, features 15 key moments from the trip. “The restoration is […]

Just hours after the July 15 liftoff of the space shuttle Endeavour to a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, the U.S. Senate confirmed retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden to be the next administrator of NASA. Bolden will be sworn into office July 20, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to […]

Maybe it was Mission Specialist Christopher Cassidy’s rally cap or the hearty thumbs from astronaut Dave Wolf. Whatever the reason, the space shuttle Endeavour’s seven-person crew put a month of bad luck behind them July 15, blasting off for a 16-day construction mission to the International Space Station.While weather threatened the liftoff earlier in the […]

Despite the sluggish economy, global sales of RFID technology are expected to grow 5 percent to $5.56 billion in 2009. According to IDTechEx, the surge in sales will be accomplished despite the world’s largest RFID project — the $6 billion China National ID card scheme — being completed a year earlier. The United States heads […]