NASA Orbiter Fleet – Columbia
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 9, 2011
Columbia (OV-102), the first of NASA’s orbiter fleet, was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. Columbia initiated the Space Shuttle flight program when it lifted off Pad A in the Launch Complex 39 area at KSC on April 12, 1981. It proved the operational concept of a winged, reusable spaceship by successfully completing [...]
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NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 9, 2011
NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The new finding is based on observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. [...]
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NASA Orbiter Reveals Big Changes in Mars’ Atmosphere
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 8, 2011
A newly found, buried deposit of frozen carbon dioxide — dry ice — near the south pole of Mars contains about 30 times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated to be frozen near the pole. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Sapienza University of Rome/Southwest Research Institute This cross-section view of underground layers near Mars’ south pole [...]
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NASA Orbiter Reveals Big Changes in Mars’ Atmosphere
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 28, 2010
NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet’s axis varies. This process can affect the stability of liquid water, if it exists on the Martian surface, and increase the frequency and severity of Martian dust storms. Researchers using the orbiter’s ground-penetrating radar [...]
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