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Pathfinder composite liquid oxygen tank successfully completes initial proof tests at Marshall Center
A joint effort between NASA and Lockheed Martin has resulted in the development and successful initial testing of the first sub-scale cryogenic tank built of a composite material that is […]
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Two Amateur Astronomers from the Pacific Rim to Share the 2001 Edgar Wilson Award for the Discovery of Comets
Cambridge, MA — To some observers, comets are the dirty snowballs of the solar system that only occasionally appear in the nighttime sky. To others, comets are the “white whales” […]
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Aerojet Successfully Test Fires World’s Largest Monolithic Solid Rocket Motor
Aerojet today successfully test fired a full-scale, 67-foot demonstration solid rocket motor for 95 seconds at thrust levels ranging from 285,000 to 390,000 pounds of thrust. The motor, strapped horizontally […]
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Astronomers Discover Six-Image Gravitational Lens
An international team of astronomers has used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to discover the first gravitational lens […]
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DARPA hypersonic scramjet projectile flies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced today the first-ever successful free flight of a hypersonic projectile powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine burning hydrocarbon fuel. The […]
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Hand-held computers may reduce airport congestion
NASA researchers have found that small, Internet-linked computers in the hands of airport workers may help unclog the nation’s air terminals. The research finding is based on studies at San […]
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Hunting the Southern Skies with SIMBA – First Images from the New “Millimetre Camera” on SEST at La Silla
Photos available at http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/pr-20-01.html Summary A new instrument, SIMBA (“SEST IMaging Bolometer Array”), has been installed at the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) at the ESO La Silla Observatory in July […]
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Mars Society Launches Translife Mission Project
At its Stanford convention, the Mars Society resolved to commit its resources to initiate the Translife Mission as its first spaceflight mission project. The Translife mission will consist of a […]
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Peterson Air and Space Museum reopens after renovation
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Sixty years after its first dedication ceremony as a passenger terminal, the Peterson Air and Space Museum reopened its doors to the public Aug. […]
