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• The industrial robot revolution

  One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.

• Earth to satellite: When will you hit?

  NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.

• NASA amps up wicked cool competitive prize program

  NASA this month greatly expanded its public prize competition program known as the Centennial Challenges.

• 10 Apollo-era technologies used today

  It's been 40 years since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space in Apollo 11, with the historic moon landing occurring four days later.

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  View from space: Satellite farming for greener pastures

  Making the most of natural resources of farms is critical in today’s environment, where rainfalls are becoming ever so scarce.

• NASA research finds way into IT, consumer products

  Aware of a history of heart disease in his family, then-50-year-old Gary F. Thompson saw his doctor for a checkup before he ran a Los Angeles marathon in the mid-1990s.

• NASA research sends IT, consumer projects into orbit

  Aware that his family had a history of heart disease, then-50-year-old Gary F. Thompson saw his doctor before deciding to run a Los Angeles marathon in the mid-1990s.