Showing posts with label lands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lands. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2012

Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars

The Curiosity Rover may have landed safely on the surface of Mars, but like all good things, it's not invulnerable to completely bogus DMCA takedown requests.

You watched the launch, bit your nails over computer simulations and even played the game, and it all comes down to today: NASA's Curiosity rover is.

For those of us who stayed up late last night to watch the streaming coverage of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars, it was a treat to see the huge.

NASA's rover Curiosity touched down deep in a Martian crater early Monday after a picture-perfect descent and landing, beginning what promises to be one of the most ambitious planetary missions in history. Jubilant NASA engineers and scientists let out

With 40 NASA employees looking on and countless worldwide viewers tuning in via the Internet, Allen Chen spoke two words early this morning he won't soon forget. “Touchdown confirmed,” Chen announced after 1:30 a.m., as 40 NASA employees burst into


Thursday, 2 August 2012

Olympic Coverage: John Orozco Lands in Eighth Place, Set to Begin Gymnastics …

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The men's gymnastics individual all-around competition took place Wednesday (Aug. 1) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with U.S. teammates Danell Leyva and John Orozco as the No. 1 and No. 4 ranked men after the

For John Orozco, growing up in the Bronx was tough, probably more tough than the competition he's facing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. According to.

No narrative tonight could have been more poignant than that of John Orozco, the 19-year-old American gymnast who made a bad showing on the pommel horse Monday night (as did Leyva). Orozco is a Puerto Rican-American from the Bronx; his father

Bronx native John Orozco failed to medal at the Olympics after another disappointing showing Wednesday. The blunders came two days after another disastrous performance on the apparatus during the team final, when he sat on the horse. He also fell on


Friday, 20 July 2012

Jeremy Lin lands in Houston

Jeremy Lin became a Houston Rocket this week, and Knicks fans are outraged. The reaction has been ridiculous on all sides, really. But don't let it ruin Jeremy Lin for you.

The New York Knicks are letting Jeremy Lin depart for the Houston Rockets. With approximately 90 minutes remaining before the Knicks had to decide whether or not to match the Rockets' three-year offer worth $25 million to

Jeremy Lin said he's excited to be back with the Houston Rockets even though he had expected to return to New York, where he emerged as a star on and off the court for the Knicks in less than half a season. Lin was introduced at a news conference in

Jeremy Lin enters the pantheon of NY sports folklore. permalink. No matter how the rest of his career turns out, he'll always have a place in our hearts. Alongside such great characters as Mookie Wilson, Casey Stengel, Marv

So, the new starting point guard for the New York Knicks — Raymond Felton — has come out and said he thinks he is better than the old starting point guard — Jeremy Lin. “I am a competitor,” Felton said. “I am a point guard just like he is, so do I