SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — WHAT: Lockheed Martin (LMT)and NASA are building the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Exploration Vehicle, a new spacecraft that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. Continue reading
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NASA mission has created best maps of Colorado snowpack
NASA has created the first, most accurate maps of the entire snowpack of two major watersheds in Colorado and California, according to an agency news release. The maps were created through a new NASA airborne mission called Airborne Snow Observatory. The data from this mission will be used to better estimate how much water will be produced from the melting basins, improving water management for those around the world who depend on that melt for supply, according to the release issued Thursday. Continue reading
Space Station Communications Test Bed Checks Out; Experiments Begin
NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) test bed has begun its experiments after completing its checkout on the International Space Station. The SCaN test bed is an advanced, integrated communications laboratory facility that uses a new generation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology to allow researchers to develop, test and demonstrate advanced communications, networking and navigation technologies in space Continue reading
NASA shows off space telescope which will take over after Hubble
NASA revealed more details this weekend about the telescope destined to take over from the ageing Hubble Space Telescope. At the SXSW technology converence in Austin, Texas, NASA showed off a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope – built to look back to the dawn of time, the moments just after the Big Bang Continue reading
NASA to recycle parts for science work
Artist’s rendering of NASA’s ISS-RapidScat instrument (inset), which will launch to the International Space Station in 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JSC Published: Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM PASADENA, Calif., Jan. Continue reading
High Tech Rochester’s "Lean Techniques for Startups" Workshop – December 12, 2012 – Video
High Tech Rochester's “Lean Techniques for Startups” Workshop – December 12, 2012 High Tech Rochester (HTR) and Incubators for Collaborating Leveraging Energy and Nanotechnology (iCLEAN) hosted a NEIR Program workshop and networking event at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Michael Riedlinger, HTR Program Manager for Technology Commercialization, provided an overview of his experience as a mentor in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) and Lean LaunchPad program at Stanford University Continue reading
Alison Flatau: Nature inspires improved sensor and actuator designs – Video
Alison Flatau: Nature inspires improved sensor and actuator designs SPIE Smart Structures Symposium – spie.org Alison Flatau joined the Univeristy of Maryland (UMD) in 2002 after serving as a National Science Foundation Program Manager (1998-2002) and as a Professor at Iowa State University (2000-2008). She was the Director of Undergraduate Programs for Aerospace Engineering at UMD (2004-2009) prior to becoming the first Associate Dean of Research for the Clark School of Engineering at Maryland, a position in which she continues to grow and learn, while also serving in the inaugural class of Maryland ADVANCE Professors (2011-2012), a program offering individual mentoring and support, and providing information and strategic opportunities for women faculty in all areas of academia. Continue reading
SpaceX Cargo Flight Heading to Internat'l Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX rocket, the first commercial flight to the International Space Station, lifted off Sunday night carrying an unmanned cargo capsule. The Falcon 9 rocket with its Dragon capsule launched on schedule at 8:35 p.m. Continue reading
Space X: Commercial flight to station
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The SpaceX rocket, the first commercial flight to the International Space Station, lifted off Sunday night carrying an unmanned cargo capsule. The Falcon 9 rocket with its Dragon capsule launched on schedule at 5:35 p.m. Arizona time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with an orange blaze against the black night sky. Continue reading
NASA Tracking Space Junk Ahead of Private Launch to Space Station
A piece of space junk that may buzz the International Space Station Monday has NASA weighing plans to move the orbiting lab, even as a private space capsule stands poised to launch toward the station on Sunday night. The space debris will pass near enough to the space station on Monday morning (Oct. 8) to require an avoidance maneuver as a safety precaution, NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said in a briefing today (Oct Continue reading
NASA'S SLS Rocket Passes Major Hurdle
NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) passed a major review hurdle this week that could position the heavy-lift rocket for a test flight in 2017 and eventually status as the launch vehicle for the space agency’s Orion spacecraft on deep space missions. The SLS will “provide an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit,” NASA said in a statement announcing the rocket’s successful navigation of an independent review board’s evaluation of technical, performance, cost, and schedule requirements for its design and manufacture. “This new heavy-lift launch vehicle will make it possible for explorers to reach beyond our current limits, to nearby asteroids, Mars and its moons, and to destinations even farther across our solar system,” said NASA associate administrator William Gerstenmaier Continue reading
NASA'S Space Launch System Passes Major Agency Review, Moves to Preliminary Design
WASHINGTON — The rocket that will launch humans farther into space than ever before passed a major NASA review Wednesday. The Space Launch System (SLS) Program completed a combined System Requirements Review and System Definition Review, which set requirements of the overall launch vehicle system. Continue reading
First Annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Review
The 1st Annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference provided updates on science and technology accomplishments, offering potential users information and avenues for sending their investigations to the space station. The conference took place June 26-28, 2012 in Denver, Colo. Roughly 400 scientists, engineers, students, industry leaders and business representatives gathered last week to participate in the 1st Annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference, organized by the American Astronautical Society and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc., or CASIS, in cooperation with NASA Continue reading
NASA'S Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Dream Chaser Flight Test Milestone
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NASA Celebrates Dream Chaser With Sierra Nevada Commercial Crew
NASAs new Commercial Crew Program has yielded a partnership with Sierra Nevada Space Systems and Tuesday the duo tested their full-scale Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle with a captive carry test. Continue reading
SpaceX capsule docks at International Space Station
About 250 miles above northwest Australia, a cargo-carrying space capsule linked up with the International Space Station, marking the first time a privately built and operated vehicle has ever docked at the orbiting outpost. Continue reading
Mission a step toward future of private innovation in space industry
LIVE: Private spacecraft docks with space station A private spacecraft connected to the International Space Station on Friday, a milestone in a new era of commercial space flight. It happened just before 10 a.m. Continue reading