NASA Probe Readied for Moon Mystery Duty
There’s been a quip circulating for years. That is, the first restaurant on the Moon will have little atmosphere. But a future lunar probe is being readied to detail just that – how much atmosphere is present surrounding the Moon. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust...Bird’s-eye View Above Mars! Valles Marineris
The spectacular Valles Marineris canyon system on the Red Planet dwarfs in size the U.S. Grand Canyon. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft has been taking image strips of the valley system since 2004. A mosaic view of the geological wonder – using 20...Landing on Titan: A Bouncing Re-play!
Back in January 2005, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe parachuted onto Saturn’s moon, Titan. Thanks to a detailed analysis over seven years later, researchers have pulled together what happened to the probe at touchdown. The analysis is providing clues as to...Saturn’s Titan: A World of Surprises
Saturn’s moon Titan provides the best opportunity to study conditions very similar to Earth – in terms of climate, meteorology and astrobiology. That’s the observation from Athena Coustenis from the Paris-Meudon Observatory in France. The scientist is presenting...New Research: Meandering Microorganisms Between Planets
There is a high probability that life came to Earth — or spread from Earth to other planets — during the Solar System’s infancy. New research on this prospect has been presented at the now being held European Planetary Sciences Congress. The findings provide the...Space Station Research Reported: Nanotechnology Manufacturing Advanced
New research findings based on experiments carried out on the International Space Station could lead to the creation of unique materials and electro-mechanical devices. The Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsion – 2 – or...Book Review: Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program
Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program by James A. Vedda; Xlibris Publishing; Bloomington, Indiana; Casebound Hardcover: $29.99; 2012. Just in time for an election year! The author has provided a no-nonsense review of what arguably seems to be...Video: Small, Smart, Robotic Lander Flown for Moon, Asteroid Missions
“The Eagle has landed.” That declaration by Neil Armstrong was heard from Tranquility Base in 1969. But the phrase was used again on August 28th as engineers watched the touchdown of the “Mighty Eagle” – a NASA robotic prototype lander. The craft sailed to an...CubeSat Thruster: Engine of Creation
A worry about the proliferation of CubeSat satellite launches is adding clutter to an already troublesome amount of Earth-circling debris. If CubeSats were deployed at higher orbits, they would take much longer to degrade, potentially creating space clutter. As more...Follow Us
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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