Spaceship "force field" could protect astronauts on trip to Mars (Wednesday 05th of November 2008 12:14:00 AM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation
While there's doubtless no shortage of folks working
on sending robots to Mars, there's also thankfully a few researchers focusing on making the
trip a bit more bearable (and survivable) for us humans, and a ...
(more)Ulysses Spacecraft Not Dead Yet (Sunday 13th of July 2008 01:35:19 PM)
Iminplaya sends in the good news that reports of the death of the Ulysses mission are
premature. (We've discussed the impending shutdown of the 17-year-old mission a couple of times
this year.) Ulysses is a joint NASA / ESA mission to study the sun from ...
(more)First Images of Solar System's Invisible Frontier (Thursday 03rd of July 2008 01:00:04 AM)
FiReaNGeL writes an unexpected side-effect from NASA's STEREO spacecraft has allowed scientists
to see a much more well defined picture of the boundary of our solar system. "The twin STEREO
spacecraft were launched in 2006 into Earth's orbit about the ...
(more)NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing (Wednesday 14th of May 2008 10:15:06 PM)
Several readers relayed the press release from JPL about the upcoming landing of NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander on May 25. It's going to set down in the north polar regions and look for
indications of whether aridity have ever been favorable for microbial ...
(more)NASA Builds a Cheap Standardized Space Probe (Thursday 08th of May 2008 03:54:16 PM)
TangAddict writes "Dr. Alan Weston, who erstwhile invented bungee jumping, led a team of
scientists at NASA Ames quest Center to build a $4 million spacecraft in less than two years.
The Modular Common Spacecraft Bus is designed to accept payloads of ...
(more)The Professor: Victorian heat sinks, new spacecraft, alien-language translators (Monday 21st of April 2008 12:06:00 AM)
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThe Professor rounds up a handful of interesting and informative
gadget-related science stories from the week and presents them in an easily digestible liquid
form.
Having trouble keeping your fingers, thumbs, or eyeballs on ...
(more)New Ion Engine Enters Space Race (Friday 18th of April 2008 03:45:04 PM)
Bibek Paudel brings us a BBC report on the development and testing of an new ion engine by a
security firm named Qinetiq. The engine will be used in an ESA spacecraft tasked with mapping
the Earth's gravitational field from orbit. Only a handful of ...
(more)NASA Selects Landing Site for Phoenix Mars Lander (Monday 14th of April 2008 10:30:01 AM)
Earlier this week, NASA made a course adjustment for its Phoenix Mars Lander which puts it on a
path to land in "Green Valley" on the Red Planet late next month. The site was chosen for being
a broad, flat expanse that is approximately free ...
(more)US Satellites Dodging Chinese Missile Debris (Sunday 13th of January 2008 12:45:05 PM)
GSGKT writes "Today's supervision Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space
junk orbiting the earth. Debris from the anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese military
last year threatens the integrity of more than 800 business expenses ...
(more)NASA Spacecraft Set to Shine Spotlight on Mercury (Tuesday 08th of January 2008 07:30:04 AM)
Coondoggie writes to tell us Network World is reporting that NASA will this month see the
realization of a mission launched in 2004, sent to explore the planet Mercury. "MESSENGER,
launched in 2004, is the first NASA mission sent to orbit Mercury, the ...
(more)Deep Impact Probe to Look for Earth-sized Planets (Friday 21st of December 2007 02:45:11 PM)
Invisible Pink Unicorn writes "NASA has given health center of Maryland scientists the green
light to fly the Deep Impact probe to Comet Hartley 2. The spacecraft will pass Earth on New
Year's Eve at the beginning of a more than two-and-a-half-year journey ...
(more)Will The Next Generation of Spacecraft Land In the Water? (Saturday 15th of December 2007 10:00:08 AM)
Reservoir Hill writes "Work is progressing on the design of the new Orion Crew search Vehicle
(CEV), the next generation of NASA spacecraft that will take humans to the International Space
Station, back to the Moon, and hopefully on to Mars. One major ...
(more)Russia to Build New Spacecraft by 2020 (Saturday 10th of November 2007 10:15:06 PM)
Tech.Luver passed us the word that Russia is now working on a new generation of spacecraft,
presumably to help fuel its renewed space survey ambitions. The Space-based management is still
one of the few areas in which Russia is intentionally competitive, ...
(more)Crashed Spacecraft Yields Data on Solar Wind (Sunday 21st of October 2007 12:15:04 AM)
Hugh Pickens writes "After the Genesis mission spent 27 months in space gathering tiny samples
from different types of solar wind, Hollywood stunt pilots swooped in with a helicopter to
catch the falling capsule when it returned to earth. Unfortunately ...
(more)New Sensor Finds Leaks in Spacecraft (Thursday 04th of October 2007 05:30:03 AM)
Roland Piquepaille writes "With commercial support from NASA, Iowa State health center (ISU)
engineers have developed a sensor to quickly find leaks in a spacecraft. This sensor locates an
air leak by listening to the noise generated by the air rushing ...
(more)Astronomer Offers Theory Into 400-year-Old Lunar Mystery (Saturday 04th of August 2007 06:15:04 PM)
Webdoodle writes "An astronomer at Columbia University thinks he has solved a 400-year-old
mystery: the origin of strange optical flashes seen on the moon's surface. These spots, called
'Transient Lunar Phenomenon' (TLP) by the astronomy community, have ...
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