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What Are Solar Flares and How is Their Strength Measured? | NASA Space Science – Video

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What Are Solar Flares and How is Their Strength Measured? | NASA Space Science Visit my website at http://www.junglejoel.com – what causes a solar flare, and how do scientists categorize their strength? Please rate and comment, thanks! … Continue reading →

Star Trek Into Darkness – NASA Hangout – Video

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Star Trek Into Darkness – NASA Hangout Star Trek Into Darkness writer/producer Damon Lindelof and stars Chris Pine, John Cho and Alice Eve connected with astronaut Chris Cassidy on the International Space Station and astronauts… By: Paramount Continue reading →

Broken Wheel Threatens NASA s Kepler Space Telescope – Video

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Broken Wheel Threatens NASA s Kepler Space Telescope Engineers are trying to find a way to fix the broken wheel or operate without it. The Kepler telescope was designed to find Earth-like planets. By: BestScienceVideos Continue reading →

NASA bets 3D-printed food can make you eat bugs

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NASA is betting the 3D tech now printing custom plastic tschotske could be turned towards building burritos, pizza, and other delicious meals from unexpected sources, but will you bite? There is a small but growing 3D maker community right here in the greater Boston area (I reported on a meetup earlier this month), but the local focus is mainly on designers and high-end hobbyists who dont mind spending $75 in goop for a $3 chess set, in exchange for tweaking the pawns to their hearts desire. Continue reading →

NASA awards grant for 3-D food printer; could it end world hunger?

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Some 3-D printer food made from meal worms (TNO research) Call it food for thought. Or perhaps thought for food: NASA has given a six-month grant to a company developing what could be the worlds first 3-D food printer. And the projects developer, reports Quartz, an online digital news site, believes the invention could be used to end world hunger Continue reading →

NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Into 2nd Mars Rock

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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has broken out its trusty drill again, pulling samples from deep within a Red Planet rock for the second time ever. The 1-ton Curiosity rover bored 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters) into a rock dubbed “Cumberland” on Sunday (May 19), NASA officials said. The resulting powdered sample will be delivered to the robot’s onboard science instruments in the coming days. Continue reading →

NASA to Lease Historic Launch Pad for Commercial Rocket Missions

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The historic NASA launch pad from where astronauts blasted off for the moon and space shuttles departed for Earth orbit is now in need of a new rocket to launch. This week, NASA is expected to begin soliciting proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Continue reading →

NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer

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NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars. Anjan Contractor, a senior mechanical engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), based in Austin, Texas, received a $125,000 grant from the space agency to build a prototype of his food synthesizer, as was first reported by Quartz. NASA hopes the technology may one day be used to feed astronauts on longer space missions, such as the roughly 520 days required for a manned flight to Mars Continue reading →