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Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space
New and improved ways for
future space travelers to
communicate will be tested
on the International Space
Station after a launch later
this year from Japan. The
SCaN Testbed, or Space
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Hovering Not Hard If You're Top-Heavy
Top-heavy structures are
more likely to maintain
their balance while hovering
in the air than are those
that bear a lower center of
gravity, researchers have
found. Their findings are
... > full story
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines Its Path to Jupiter
NASA's solar-powered Juno
spacecraft successfully
refined its flight path Feb.
1 with the mission's first
trajectory correction
maneuver. The maneuver is
... > full story
Unraveling a Butterfly's Aerial Antics Could Help Builders of Bug-Size Flying Robots
By figuring out how
butterflies flutter among
flowers with amazing grace
and agility, researchers
hope to help build small
... > full story
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New Ideas Sharpen Focus for Greener Aircraft
January 27, 2012 — Leaner, greener flying machines for the year 2025 are on the drawing boards of three industry teams under contract to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Environmentally Responsible ... > full story -
NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California
January 27, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Jan. 27 after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation's ... > full story -
NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg for March 14 Launch
January 25, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2012, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays ... > full story -
New System Optimizes the Performance and Fuel Consumption of Engines Operating at Altitude, Through Laboratory Tests
January 16, 2012 — Researchers have developed a system that, in a laboratory test bench, reproduces the pressure and temperature conditions at high altitude of the air that is sucked into a reciprocating internal ... > full story -
NASA Conducts Orion Parachute Testing for Orbital Test Flight
December 28, 2011 — NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday, Dec. 20, in preparation for its orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry ... > full story -
Self-Healing Electronics Could Work Longer and Reduce Waste
December 20, 2011 — Engineers have developed a self-healing system that restores electrical conductivity to a cracked circuit in less time than it takes to blink. As a crack propagates, microcapsules filled with liquid ... > full story -
'Smart Connector' Could Save Millions in Lost Revenue
December 15, 2011 — Researchers have developed the Smart Connector, a new sensor that once installed in the connecting units of coaxial cables can provide information about equipment damage and pinpoint the exact ... > full story -
Homegrown Designs Sprout for NASA's Commercial Crew Program
December 5, 2011 — The expression goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention." And right now there is a need for NASA and the United States to have reliable access to low Earth orbit from homegrown sources. So, NASA's ... > full story -
Orion Continues to Make a Splash
December 5, 2011 — Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,164.6 kg) Orion test article took its seventh splash into the Hydro Impact Basin Dec. 1. Orion, NASA's next deep space ... > full story -
NASA Quiet Sonic Boom Research Effort Ends With a Whisper
December 1, 2011 — NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed NASA's latest quiet sonic boom research study at Edwards Air Force Base. The Waveforms and Sonic boom Perception and Response, or WSPR, project ... > full story
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