NASA Moon Crash Video!
2009-10-11 10:31:00 Well, I was hoping the latest NASA Moon Crash would be successful but as of now, it’s hard to tell as there’s no real debris that came up after the first rocket hit the moon. Hey, at least we are safe and sound here. Let’s wait a couple days, hopefully NASA has some good ...
NASA Tech Briefs
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NASA Testing Breakthrough In Water Safety
2009-09-17 16:16:00 From Slashdot: NASA and University of Utah chemists are developing advanced tech for testing the drinkability of water. The process just began a six month run aboard the International Space Station. Water will be sampled either from the Space Station's or Shuttle's galley using a s
NASA Purified urine to be drinking water
2009-09-15 20:41:00 Purified urine to be astronauts' drinking waterAs NASA prepares to double the number of astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, nothing may do more for crew bonding than a machine being launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Friday.It's a water-recycling device that will process the crew's urine for communal consumption."We did blind taste tests of the water," said NASA's Bob Bagdigian, the system's lead engineer. "Nobody had any strong objections. Other than a faint taste of iodine, it is just as refreshing as any other kind of water.""I've got some in my fridge," he added. "It tastes fine to me."Delivery of the $250 million wastewater recycling gear is among the primary goals of NASA's 124th shuttle mission, which is due to launch at 7:55 p.m. EST on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Meteorologists predicted a 70 percent chance the weather would be suitable for launch.With no technical issues, NASA managers told the launch team on Fri...
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NASA Levitates Mouse Using Magnetic Fields
2009-09-10 17:52:00 From Neatorama: Charles Q. Choi of Live Science writes that scientists working for NASA used a superconducting magnet that simulates some of the effects of gravity to lift a mouse into the air. The agency has been working on such technology in the hope of alleviating the bone deca
Panel Calls Program of NASA Unfeasible
2009-09-09 15:59:00 From NYT > Science: A blue-ribbon panel said Tuesday that a lack of financing has left NASA's current space program on an "unsustainable trajectory" and that the Obama administration should consider using private companies to launch people into low-Earth orbit. Read the w
Should NASA Move to Metric?
2009-08-28 14:28:00 An article in New Scientist notes that NASA some five years ago agreed to comply with a directive that all departments of the U.S. Federal government move toward exclusive use of the metric system of measurement. And with the space shuttle now being phased out, to be replaced by an all-new launch ve
To the Moon, NASA? Not on this Budget, Experts Say
2009-08-27 16:05:00 From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that already has spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use. When that first stage is tested, it will be mounted horizont
Is it time to "Scrap" NASA?
2009-08-27 01:55:00 Has NASA outlived its usefulness? Is Funding for NASA's lnter-planetary adventures better spent on Inner-planetary pursuits?
Bad Valve Forces NASA to Call Off Shuttle Launch
2009-08-26 14:50:00 From PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories: Launch officials halted the countdown midway through the fueling process. The seven astronauts had not yet boarded the shuttle for the scheduled early Wednesday morning flight to the international space station. A ne
NASA scientist William Robbins dies in Ohio at 82
(AP)
2009-08-25 23:44:00 AP - A retired NASA scientist honored for improving satellite communications technology has died in Ohio at age 82.
NASA?s Earth-Friendly Flight Challenge
2009-08-08 06:02:00 Aviation plays such an important role in our lives today that despite the aviation industry?s harm to the environment we, as a society, cannot just cease flying. In an effort to promote more earth-friendly flying NASA recently announced the Green Flight Challenge.
NASA Convinced it Can Find Earth-Like Planets
2009-08-07 15:33:00 From TG Daily - All News: The Kepler Space Telescope has shown itself capable of finding Earth-like planets - if they exist - by detecting the atmosphere of a known gas giant. The discovery was made just ten days after launch, even before the calibration and data analysis softwa
Q&A With: Michael D. Griffin, Former NASA Administrator
2009-07-21 21:37:00 As the Endeavour shuttle headed into orbit and a new NASA administrator was being approved, the most recent chief of the U.S. space program offered his thoughts on his term in office. Michael D. Griffin, 59, served as the eleventh administrator of NASA from April 2005 to January 2009. He was br
Jupiter Smashed, Leaving Scar, NASA Confirms
2009-07-21 17:09:00 From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel: Fifteen years after being battered by Comet Shoemaker-Levy, Jupiter has drawn the fire of another renegade body. A dark scar near the planet's southern polar region, first noticed by an amateur astronomer in Australia, is beli
NASA Has the Lost Tapes
2009-07-14 16:45:00 From Slashdot: As speculated a few weeks ago, NASA has found and is starting to restore the lost Apollo 11 tapes. A Briefing will be held July 16th at the Newseum in Washington to 'release greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk...
NASA to Take Photos of Lunar Landing Sites, End Conspiracy Theories
2009-07-08 22:38:00 From Gizmodo: Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites: Jesus Diaz: Woul
GE and NASA to Revive Open Rotor Jet Engines
2009-07-08 18:37:00 Back in the mid 1980s, GE and NASA began testing on a new propulsion system that used counter rotating fan assemblies in an attempt to boost efficiency. The testing ultimately led to the design of the GE36 experimental aircraft engine, but was then set aside to explore other options. Now, GE and NASA are planning on revisiting the design and adding some new technology to the mix.
NASA: Fuel Test a Success, Shuttle Launch Day Set
2009-07-06 15:33:00 From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: o NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission. Last month, potentially dangerous leaks of hydrogen gas
Mapa de la NASA para ver 99% de la tierra
2009-07-02 17:42:00 Un mapa digital ha sido publicado por la NASA (Administración Nacional de la Aeronáutica y del Espacio) y se puede ver un 99% de la tierra. Para ello contó con la colaboración de Japón. Pronto se podra ver por Internet de forma gratuita, de hecho por este enlace puede bajarse. Según dice la ...
NASA Wants Your Ideas for Digitizing Rocket Scientist's Notes
2009-06-29 15:44:00 From Wired Top Stories: NASA is taking the rare step of reaching out to the public for help. The space agency is looking for the best way to analyze and electronically catalog a precious collection of notes that chronicle the early history of the human space flight program. "We'
Buzz Aldrin's Radical Plan For NASA
2009-06-26 16:44:00 From Slashdot: Apollo 11 astronaut (and MIT Astronautics Sc.D.) Buzz Aldrin suggests a bolder plan for NASA (while still remaining within its budget), which he will present to the White House's Augustine Commission; he sees NASA heading down the wrong path with a "rehash of what we
Free Magazine from NASA Tech Briefs
2009-06-23 16:54:00 Hello everyone, I am not sure where to post this. I just want to share to you a magazine from NASA Tech Briefs. Engineers and technical persons from USA, Canada, Mexico and some countries can subscribe it for free through Associated Business Publications International. You can subscribes it here:
NASA Study: Algore is a Fraud
2009-06-05 12:33:00 NASA study links climate change to Solar activity, and human activity, Â DailyTeach: Some researchers believe that the solar cycle influences global climate changes. They attribute recent warming trends to cyclic variation. Skeptics, though, argue that there’s little hard evidence of a solar hand in recent climate changes. Now, a new research report from a surprising source may help to lay this skepticism to rest. A study from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland looking at climate data over the past century has concluded that solar variation has made a significant impact on the Earth’s climate. The report concludes that evidence for climate changes based on solar radiation can be traced back as far as the Industrial Revolution. Â Now go tell Al Gore to crawl back into his mansion and for Henry Waxman to shove his Carbon Tax up where the Sun never shines. BitsBlog Tags: Henry Waxman, nasa study, hard evidence, goddard space flight center, war...
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Panel Is Set to Review NASA's Plan for Human Space Flight
2009-06-02 15:14:00 From NYT > Science: The first American woman in space, a co-founder of a small aerospace company and a retired United States Air Force general are among the members of an independent panel that will review the course of the nation's human space flight program. Read the wh
Haney, 'voice of NASA' reporter, dies of cancer
(AP)
2009-05-31 22:48:00 AP - Paul Haney, who was known as the "voice of NASA's Mission Control" for his live televised reports during the early years of the space program, has died of cancer. He was 80.
Scatterblog Presents... NASA and DJ SEGA!!!!
2009-05-16 13:02:00 I just had to put up the flyers for these. we're helping the espy put on two MASSIVE shows.DJ Sega (May 30th) is such a forward thinking force in club music, we're all so into his stuff, it's really exciting to have him play with us! All Scatterblog crew will be there and he'll have some of his new cd with him too i hear!The other bit of total hugeness is the Nasa and Dave Nada show (June 5th)!!! Nasa don't really need much of an introduction as you've probably been seeing their tracks featuring everyone from Santigold to Tom Waits to The Wu-Tang Clan.This one is going to be full venue, with lots of crazy acts and everything. Nada has already made his name a staple diet in Oz from previous shows, and going by some of the live videos i've seen of Nasa it's gonna be a wild show (yes they'll have dancers with them). Again all Scatterblog crew in support!On top of all that hype, i've been speaking to Zegon (1/2 of Nasa) and they're into what we're doing with our music and wh...
Scatterblog Presents... NASA and DJ SEGA!!!!
2009-05-16 13:02:00 I just had to put up the flyers for these. we're helping the espy put on two MASSIVE shows.DJ Sega (May 30th) is such a forward thinking force in club music, we're all so into his stuff, it's really exciting to have him play with us! All Scatterblog crew will be there and he'll have some of his new cd with him too i hear!The other bit of total hugeness is the Nasa and Dave Nada show (June 5th)!!! Nasa don't really need much of an introduction as you've probably been seeing their tracks featuring everyone from Santigold to Tom Waits to The Wu-Tang Clan.This one is going to be full venue, with lots of crazy acts and everything. Nada has already made his name a staple diet in Oz from previous shows, and going by some of the live videos i've seen of Nasa it's gonna be a wild show (yes they'll have dancers with them). Again all Scatterblog crew in support!On top of all that hype, i've been speaking to Zegon (1/2 of Nasa) and they're into what we're doing with our music and wh...
Mike Massimino NASA astronaut, mission specialist for STS-125 on Twitter
2009-05-16 00:00:00 I'm following Mike Massimino on Twitter: NASA astronaut, mission specialist for STS-125 http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike
How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks
2009-05-07 17:58:00 From Gizmodo: In 2002, rogue NASA interns stole millions of dollars in moon rocks. This is the untold story of how they did it. Building 31 North's white halls are empty, because it is the middle of the night. NASA interns Thad Roberts and Tiffany duck inside a bathroom, and tea
Comet Dust Collected by NASA Predates Solar System
2009-05-01 17:36:00 From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel: n innovative plan to retrieve comet particles from Earth's stratosphere has hit pay dirt, with the discovery that a large percentage of grains collected during a 2003 excursion predate the formation of the solar system.
NASA muestra próxima generación de trajes espaciales
2009-04-30 12:10:00 Engineering TV nos ofrece una visión en profundidad de la próxima generación de trajes espaciales de la NASA, los cuales se utilizarán en la nueva nave espacial Orion, cuya misión tiene prevista iniciarse en el 2015. Según Engineering TV, este será el primer gran rediseño de trajes espaciales en más de cuarenta años.
One Small Step Away From The Moon? (NASA)
2009-04-28 04:48:00 Despite pursuing a vigorous course to achieve lunarhood on Earth’s nearest neighbor, it looks like NASA’s plan for a Moon encounter may potentially be delayed by a few years. (Orlando Sentinel) NASA’s internal plans had called for Ares V to go to the moon in 2018, though the agency had announced a public goal of 2020. ...
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NASA's Mission to Pluto - An Update
2009-04-27 22:54:00 The New Horizons mission, NASA's unmanned probe to Pluto, is on track for its rendezvous with the former planet in 2015 (The IAU committed Plutocide^a in 2006). Here is a map of it's current position (and how it got there): Here's a side on map
NASA Names Treadmill, Not Toilet, After Stephen Colbert
2009-04-15 15:58:00 From Gizmodo: After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he's getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead. Really NASA? Really? We can see you not picking Serenity, eve
NASA Testing Next Generation Firefighting Gear for Fires... In Spaaace! [Sp
2009-04-06 19:54:00 From Gizmodo: In space, no one can hear you scream "Fire." Not that it'd matter, as few people could recognize a microgravity fire anyway. This means space firefighting gear needs to be special. NASA is on it. First, a primer. Fire in microgravity isn't the flickering kind that
Oops: Colbert wins NASA Space Station Name Contest
2009-03-24 17:01:00 From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addi
NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever
2009-03-24 15:07:00 From Slashdot: NASA and the US Air Force have successfully tested a new super-chute system aimed at reclaiming reusable Ares booster rockets. On February 28, 2009 a 50,000-pound dummy rocket booster was dropped in the Arizona desert and slowed by a system of five parachutes before
Colbert Wins NASA?s Node-Naming Contest
2009-03-24 14:33:00 Colbert beat Serenity to win NASA's online Name the Node Contest. Write-in option Colbert, which received 230,539 votes, topped NASA-suggested option Serenity by more than 40,000 votes. Though Colbert won the popular vote, NASA reserves the right to make a final decision regarding the node's name (which will be officially announced ...
BMW Working With NASA to Produce A Regenerative Exhaust System
2009-03-14 19:12:00 Regenerative braking systems have become a common term in today's automotive communities. As we move to electric power, vehicles will need to make use of every available method to conserve energy to go farther on every charge. BMW has decided to take that idea to another level by using the wasted exhaust energy to produce electricity.
Help Name NASA?s Space Station Node 3
2009-03-07 14:11:00 Come on...I know you've always wanted to name a node. And now, NASA is giving you that chance! NASA is holding a Name the Node Contest through March 20th. What's a node, you ask? Well, the International Space Station?s Node 3 is a "a connecting module and its cupola." I ...
NASA to Launch Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Tonight
2009-03-06 15:10:00 From SPACE.com: NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is poised for a late-night launch tonight to begin seeking out Earth-like planets circling distant stars. The $600 million Kepler spacecraft is slated to blast off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station tonight at 1
Cost overruns plague U.S. space agency
2009-03-05 11:33:00 NASA can land a spacecraft on a peanut-shaped asteroid 150 million miles away, but it doesn’t come close to hitting the budget target for building its spacecraft, according to congressional auditors. NASA’s top officials know it and even joke about it. Related Posts:Cosmic Log: Black day for a greener NASAMicrosoft explores learning link to video gamesHow the laptop grew up10 steps ...
NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy - Calls for Civil Dis
2009-02-27 05:47:00 Another good article, figure I'd post it. Here is the link to the story. But critics say Hansen's latest call to action blurs the line between astronomer and activist and may violate the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from participating in partisan political activity.
NASA: Satellite Failure Likely Caused by Balky Nose Cone
2009-02-25 14:47:00 The U.S. space agency said today that the dramatic failure of one of its most expensive satellites minutes after liftoff was caused by a faulty fairing, the clamshell structure that encapsulates the science payload in the nose cone. In a hastily prepared statement, NASA noted that the Orbiting
Cosmic Log: Black day for a greener NASA
2009-02-25 12:00:00 Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: A failed launch is never good news, but the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory is particularly bad news for a space agency in transition. Related Posts:Cosmic Log: Obama?s energy boostScoop: Oscars will finally be about the awardsCell phone models change frequentlyTiger to return to PGA Tour action next weekScoop: ?New Moon? has new hunk
Tell NASA's Hubble Telescope What to Look for Next
2009-02-23 15:41:00 From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: NASA's Hubble space telescope is offering a vote you can't lose: Pick a part of the heavens for the storied space telescope to observe next. "We're celebrating 400 years of astronomy," says astrophysicist Mario Livio of Hubble's Space Telesc
NASA, ESA Decide on Jupiter Over Saturn for Next Big Planetary Missions
2009-02-21 22:14:00 The American and European space agencies have come to an agreement on a long-term plan to explore the moons of Jupiter. A competing scheme to visit the moons of Saturn was set aside temporarily to make way for the Jovian exploration. In a statement released yesterday, NASA said that its represe |
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