CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–If you think shipping freight from Cincinnati to El Paso is challenging, imagine trying to deliver an oxygen generation unit from the Earth to a remote location on the […]
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Editorial: The Launch Market Tightens
I t goes without saying that there is never a convenient time to have a launch failure, but the Jan. 30 Sea Launch mishap that destroyed SES New Skies’ NSS-8 satellite was particularly ill-timed.
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New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Valuable Ice at the Moon’s South Pole
Image: LCROSS EDUS heading-in. Most people might think that finding water on the moon would be as impractical as locating green cheese there. But as unlikely as it might seem, […]
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New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Ice at Lunar South Pole
NASA today announced that a small, ‘secondary payload’ spacecraft, to be developed by a team at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has been selected to travel to the […]
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Spot at 20
20 years ago, the Spot adventure — which has orbited 5 satellites and acquired over 10 million images of our planet — began. 22 February 1986, the launch of Spot […]
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NASA Eyes New Generation of Space Computers With More Autonomy
As NASA sets its eyes on the Moon and beyond to begin a new chapter in human space exploration, the agency is working to develop more autonomous spacecraft using commercial off-the-shelf computer systems that will be better able to withstand the detrimental effects of space radiation, which can cause glitches in normal off-the-shelf processors.
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The Fiery Return of NASA’s Space Dust Cargo
In search of clues about the origin of life on Earth and other secrets, a crew flying on a NASA DC-8 aircraft will study the small, speeding Stardust capsule returning […]
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NASA Builds Success Based on the Vision for Space Exploration
NASA started the year on an upbeat and positive note, when President George W. Bush announced the Vision for Space Exploration on January 14. His announcement at NASA Headquarters in […]
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NASA/NSF Tumbleweed Rover Goes on a Roll Across Antarctica
A balloon-shaped robot explorer that one day could search for evidence that water existed on other planets has survived some of the most trying conditions on planet Earth during a […]
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NASA/NSF Tumbleweed Rover Goes on a Roll Across Antarctica
A balloon-shaped robot explorer that one day could search for evidence that water existed on other planets has survived some of the most trying conditions on planet Earth during a […]
