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ISS Releases Baby Sputnik

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the outer-space-births dept.

illumina+us writes "CNN is running an article about the recent space walk taken by the personnel of the International Space Station. On today's walk the two astronauts 'carried out a 1-foot-long, 11-pound satellite called Nanosputnik, designed for experimental maneuvering by ground controllers.'" The article also has some tidbits on the ISS's gyroscope problems and how the thrusters used to compensate have caused problems for spacewalks in the past.

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  1. Nano.... by Neck_of_the_Woods · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    skeet skeet skeet...opss I though he said nano spunknick....

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  2. Linux by wlan0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I bet we'll get it running Linux in no time.

  3. Someone has to say it... by halber_mensch · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In America, you hit the gas.
    In Soviet Russia, the gas hits you!

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  4. Baby Sputnik by pulse2600 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, Sputnik gives birth to YOU!!!