Despite the uncertain future of human space exploration by Americans, significant milestones have recently been reached that bode well for space exploration and the knowledge and technological innovation that stem from it.
These mice display ataxia as early as P7, which understandably affected motor control and exploration although additional neurodevelopmental milestones were also altered, including those related to sensory behaviour.
"The approval of our Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan is an important milestone and signals the confidence regulators have in our plan," said Shell spokesman Curtis Smith.
As an important milestone in the exploration of Mars and small bodies, a new generation space vehicle "Phobos-Grunt" is planned to be launched by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.
China crossed a major milestone in space exploration last night by becoming the first country to land a probe on the far side of the moon.
The race to the South Pole, another milestone in the exploration of Earth's extremes, provides an example of another type of "partnership" that is much darker than that between Sherpa and expedition leader: the partnership between human and sled dog.
In a major milestone for space exploration, China announced that its lunar program has successfully soft-landed a probe on the far side of the moon, making it the first country to do so.
In Richard Kerr's News Focus article, "Pluto, the Last Planetary First," Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and principal investigator of the New Horizons mission, called the arrival of the New Horizons probe at Pluto expected in July 2015 an epochal milestone in the exploration of the solar system".
The announcement is a significant milestone for space exploration, indicating that it may be possible for astronauts to grow their own supply of food on deep space missions to Mars and beyond.
A list of significant milestones in space exploration is provided in the table.
Wang Weizhong, a Chinese vice minister of science and technology, said that the Jiaolong's sea trials "marked a milestone" for China and global exploration.
