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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 -
NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete
November 29, 2011 — After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth ... > full story -
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Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders: Search and Monitor Hazardous Places
November 23, 2011 — New developments may lead to insects monitoring hazardous situations before humans are sent in. The principal idea is to harvest the insect's biological energy from either its body heat or movements. ... > full story -
NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
November 21, 2011 — NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in ... > full story -
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos? New Test Confirms Accuracy of Experiment's Initial Measurement in Flight Time of Neutrinos
November 21, 2011 — After inviting the particle physics community to scrutinize their surprising neutrino time-of-flight measurements, a collaboration of physicists has rechecked many aspects of its analysis and taken ... > full story -
NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology
November 21, 2011 — Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or humans ... > full story -
How the Fly Flies: Scientists Discover Gene Switch Responsible for Flight Muscle Formation
November 17, 2011 — Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists have recently identified the genetic switch that regulates the formation of flight ... > full story -
Aerial Robot System Can Save Firefighter Lives, Study Suggests
November 9, 2011 — A new system built around an unmanned aerial vehicle has faced a real-world test in a West Virginia controlled forest burn, and proved its ... > full story -
NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014; Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan
November 8, 2011 — NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and ... > full story -
NASA Develops Super-Black Material That Absorbs Light Across Multiple Wavelength Bands
November 8, 2011 — NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it -- a development that promises to open ... > full story -
NASA Robotic Lander Test Flight Nov. 4 Will Aid in Future Lander Designs
November 3, 2011 — NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of ... > full story
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