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NASA's Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone
September 19, 2011 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. in ... > full story -
NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects
September 19, 2011 — NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The selections are part of the agency's efforts to pursue revolutionary technology required for future missions, while ... > full story -
Robots Are Coming to Aircraft Assembly
September 19, 2011 — Up to now, aircraft have been put together in huge assembly cells, but to build the necessary facilities is expensive and time-consuming. That is why researchers have come up with a flexible ... > full story -
Balloon-Based Experiment to Measure Gamma Rays 6,500 Light Years Distant
September 17, 2011 — Beginning Sunday, September 18, 2011 at NASA's launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, space scientists will attempt to send a balloon up to 130,000 feet with a one-ton instrument payload to ... > full story -
NASA Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on Earth
September 15, 2011 — A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first ... > full story -
Volcanic Ash and Aircraft Safety
September 15, 2011 — A pioneering technology to study volcanic ash will help advise the aircraft industry as to whether it is safe to fly following an explosive volcanic ... > full story -
NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System: New Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Take Humans Far Beyond Earth
September 14, 2011 — NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the ... > full story -
European Remote Sensing Satellite Missions Complete After 20 Years
September 13, 2011 — After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, the European Space Agency's venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ... > full story -
Crashes Common Among Helicopters Used in Oil and Gas Operations, Study Finds
September 12, 2011 — A new study finds that helicopters that service the drilling platforms and vessels in the Gulf of Mexico crash on average more than six times per year resulting in an average of five deaths per ... > full story -
Airplanes: New Tool Analyzes Black-Box Data for Flight Anomalies
September 12, 2011 — Scientists have created a new tool that analyzes black-box data for flight anomalies. An airplane's digital flight-data recorder, or "black box," holds massive amounts of data, documenting the ... > full story
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