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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 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 -
Robotic Bug Gets Wings, Sheds Light on Evolution of Flight
October 17, 2011 — When engineers outfitted a six-legged robotic bug with wings in an effort to improve its mobility, they unexpectedly shed some light on the evolution of flight. The wings nearly doubled the running ... > full storyMore: -
Electromobility: New Components Going for a Test Run
October 17, 2011 — The future belongs to electrical cars -- that's what most experts think. In the future, it will be whisper-quiet on road because in the long run electric cars will replace the internal combustion ... > full story -
Ammonia Air Pollution from Cars and Trucks Worse in Winter
October 11, 2011 — Motor vehicles and industry are primary producers of ammonia in Houston's atmosphere, and cars and trucks appear to boost their output during the winter, according to a new ... > full story -
Kicking Hybrids out of Carpool Lanes Backfires, Slowing Traffic for All, Study Finds
October 11, 2011 — The end of a California program granting free access to carpool lanes by solo drivers of hybrid cars has unintentionally slowed traffic in all lanes, according to a new report. It turns out that when ... > full story -
Setting Standards for Electric Vehicles Could Make China a Global Leader
October 10, 2011 — Can the rapidly expanding automobile industry in China leapfrog to electric vehicles and so avoid the environmental harm that further decades of internal combustion engine use could cause? In a new ... > full story -
Krypton Hall Effect Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion
October 6, 2011 — Electric propulsion (EP) is the future of astronautics. It can already compete successfully with chemical thrusters, especially for attitude control, orbit transfer and/or orbital station-keeping as ... > full story -
Hydrogen Released to Fuel Cell More Quickly When Stored in Metal Nanoparticles
September 29, 2011 — Researchers have demonstrated that the size of a metal alloy nanoparticle influences the speed with which hydrogen gas is released when stored in a metal hydride. The smaller the size of the ... > full story -
Novel Energy-Storage Membrane: Performance Surpasses Existing Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors
September 29, 2011 — Researchers in Singapore have developed a novel membrane with a performance that surpasses existing rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, promising a low-cost, environmentally-friendly energy ... > full story -
Autonomous Car Navigates the Streets of Berlin
September 20, 2011 — Researchers from Berlin traveled 80 km in total as passengers during a test drive of their autonomous car "MadeInGermany" over the weekend. The car is driven by computers - the safety driver behind ... > 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
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