Science Nugget: Using Many Instruments to Track a Comet
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 25, 2012
In 16 years of data observations, the Solar Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO) — a joint European Space Agency and NASA mission –- made an unexpected claim for fame: the sighting of new comets at an alarming rate. SOHO has spotted over 2100 comets, most of which are from what’s known as the Kreutz family, which graze [...]
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Mars Science Laboratory Mission rank account
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 14, 2012
Engineers have established the root reason of a computer rearrange that occur two months ago on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and have strong-minded how to right it. The fix involves altering how certain vacant data-holding locations, called registers, are configured in the memory management of the kind of computer chip used on the spacecraft. Billions [...]
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First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 1, 2012
GRAIL-A spacecraft achieved Lunar Orbit Insertion on New Year’s Eve. Artists concept shows twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the Moon. The twin GRAIL spacecraft will fly in tandem to map the moon’s gravity field with unprecedented precision to unlock hidden secrets about the moons interior composition, determine if it possesses an inner core, and yield a [...]
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Mars Science Laboratory Launch Milestones
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 26, 2011
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window extends from 7:02 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. EST). The launch period for the mission extends through Dec. [...]
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Former NASA science chief Alan Stern to run UCF Space Institute
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 23, 2011
NASA’s former associate administrator for Science, S. Alan Stern, has been named director of the Florida Space Institute at Kennedy Space Center. Stern will help the institute, a part of the University of Central Florida, develop projects that align UCF and Florida with the new emphasis in the space industry – unmanned flights, commercial flight, science [...]
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NASA science satellite to plunge back to earth Friday
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 6, 2011
(ATLANTA, Ga.) — A NASA science satellite will plunge back to earth on Friday raining over twenty pieces of debris over an unknown region of our planet. NASA said on Thursday the satellite will not fall toward North America due to it’s orbital track. The satellite known as UARS for Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is [...]
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ISS Live to integrate public with orbital ops and science
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 3, 2011
After over 50 years of operation, NASA is about to permanently enter the world of instant (or near instant) information exchange with the general public in a new way that largely symbolizes one of the changing ways the premiere US space agency will interact with the public and disseminate information about science operations and real-time [...]
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Socializing Science With Smartphones in Space
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 2, 2011
One may think that participation with the International Space Station would be restricted to an exclusive club of high ranking officials and agencies. In actuality, students, teachers and commercial companies have also been taking advantage of the station’s unique environment for years. One of those commercial companies, Houston-based Odyssey Space Research, plans to bring the [...]
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Tags: science, Smartphones, Socializing, Space
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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This Time It’s Both Rocket Science AND Surgery
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 25, 2011
Not all great collaborations are planned. In fact, many of the best partnerships are the work of timing and serendipity. This is the case with two friends who met to talk over their lives and work and wound up brainstorming a new development with the potential to benefit people all over the globe. Scott Dulchavsky, [...]
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