At 40, NASA Initiated Landsat Earth Observation Program Still Delivers
Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the nation’s long-lived Landsat program, whose cornerstone is a succession of polar orbiting satellites developed do document the changing face of the Earth — changes both attributed to nature, like volcanic...U. S. Faces Economic Hardship Over Budget Sequestration Issue, Aerospace Industry Group Cautions
The long U. S. recovery from the recession of 2008-09 is marching toward a January cliff that could plunge the nation into new broad based economic hardship, according to an assessment of pending federal budget cuts prepared for the Aerospace Industries...CSExtra – Monday, July 23, 2012
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UPDATE: IRVE-3 Scores Successful Test A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth’s atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The Inflatable Reentry...YouTube Student Bacteria, Spider Experiments Begin Journey to Space Station
The winning experiments of YouTube’s Space Lab student contest hurtled into orbit late Friday, bound for the International Space Station and the opportunity to break ground on research with bacteria and spiders in the weightlessness of space. Contest proposals...New Views: River Networks on Titan
Titan, a moon of Saturn, has been found to be an active mini-world of geological processes. But seeing those phenomena has been blocked by Titan’s thick, methane- and nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Thanks to the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft mission supported by NASA and the...CSExtra – Friday, July 20, 2012
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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project is moving to the final design stage. To be located in Chile, the LSST is a proposed 8-meter wide-field survey telescope that will survey the entire sky approximately twice per week, delivering a large and...CSExtra – Thursday, July 19, 2012
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