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Tag Archives: NASA
The Health Of Earth’s Systems
NASA — December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA’s “flagship” Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and year that the satellite monitors Earth, scientists achieve a lengthened record of Earth’s vital signs. It’s that record that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged carbon sink, climate change, drought, earth, global warming, health, satellite, science, systems, Terra Leave a comment
Space Junk Does Not Decompose
Junk in space is non-biodegradable. “Debris (trash) from previous space missions can also damage spacecraft,” says NASA. Space debris is of such a concern that NASA established the Orbital Debris Program Office. “The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office, located at the Johnson Space Center, is the lead NASA center for orbital debris research. It is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged hazardous, junk, non-biodegradable, space debris, space station, waste Leave a comment
Long, Long, Long Walk In Space
Outer Space — Astronauts completed one of NASA’s top six longest spacewalks over the weekend. The Atlantis’ Mission to Hubble was not suppose to have a spacewalk of this length; however, a problem arose while working on a bolt interface. Astronaut, Mike Massimino, had to remove over 100 screws by hand. NASA reported: In the [...]
Is There Life On Mars?
??? ?? ????? ?? ????? Ambler, PA — Is there life on Mars? There will be, and it will be Earthlings. At least, that is what the crowd at the Wissahickon High School was informed by Stepehen Davis of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). Mr. Davis is the director of the Ares rocket project. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged education, engineering, engineers, FIRST robotics, robots 1 Comment
NASA: Launch Mishap Ends OCO Mission
from NASA Several minutes into the flight of the Taurus rocket carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft, launch managers declared a contingency after the payload fairing failed to separate.
Orbiting Carbon Observatory
from NASA The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket set to launch NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory is in place at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 1:51:30 a.m. PST (4:51:30 a.m. EST). The OCO is a new Earth-orbiting mission sponsored by NASA’s Earth System Science [...]
NASA Spots Huge Gamma-ray Blast
from NASA Astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise from a rare type of neutron star known as a soft-gamma-ray repeater. Such objects unpredictably send out a series of X-ray and gamma-ray flares. “At times, this remarkable [...]
Dione Has Her Faults (Picture of Saturn’s Moon / NASA)
Saturn’s icy moon Dione has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation, as evidenced by the tectonic faults and craters on its surface. To create this enhanced-color view, ultraviolet, green and infrared images were combined into a single black and white picture that isolates and maps regional color differences. This “color map” was then superposed [...]
Shoot For The Moon?