Grant to provide computational modeling support for hypersonic vehicles
Purdue-affiliated HySonic Technologies LLC receives $140,000 grantCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation image/Hope Sale) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - HySonic Technologies LLC, which ...
Tag: Experiments in Space
Astronauts might soon grow SPACE tomatoes
Grant to UC Riverside could help put tiny tomato plants on the International Space StationCredit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/UCR Tiny tomato plants ...
GRACE mission data contributes to our understanding of climate change
The GRACE twin satellite system has contributed two decades worth of crucial data on climate changeCredit: Cockrell School Of Engineering, ...
NASA announces funding for RIT professor to develop novel diffractive solar sails
Grover Swartzlander earns Phase II award from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program Scientists have been floating designs for solar sails ...
NASA winner demos red berries on the red planet
Mars greenhouse design provides food and exercise for astronautsCredit: Image courtesy of: Thayer School of Engineering HANOVER, N.H. - April ...
New Hubble measurements confirm universe is expanding faster than expected
Credit: NASA, ESA, Adam Riess, and Palomar Digitized Sky Survey New measurements from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirm that the ...
New concept for novel fire extinguisher in space
Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM): A fire extinguisher in space environmentsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A ...
TESS discovers its first Earth-sized planet
Orbiting a nearby star, the new planet is the smallest identified so far by the TESS mission NASA's Transiting Exoplanet ...
Meteoroid strikes eject precious water from moon
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, ...
NASA Twins Study offers new insight on how a human’s body responds to spaceflight
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University When NASA decided to study identical twin astronauts -- one remaining on Earth while the ...
UTSA tapped by NASA to help build homes on the moon and Mars
Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, Apr. 10, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has ...
NASA launches two rockets studying auroras
Credit: NASA/Lee Wingfield NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5 from the ...
New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields
Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunitiesCredit: Mobasher lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - NASA has ...
NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space
New radio observations combined with 10 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have revealed a runaway pulsar ...
University of Luxembourg cooperates with ArianeGroup on rocket engine technology
Credit: Arianespace The University of Luxembourg and the European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup have signed a collaboration agreement to advance research ...
Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining
An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions ...
Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers
Credit: University of Warwick Researchers at the University of Warwick have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen ...
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight — NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy Herpes viruses reactivate ...
Scientists tackle major challenges to sending astronauts to search for life on Mars
Credit: Mike Miller An international team of researchers, which includes scientists from McMaster's School of Geography & Earth Sciences, NASA, ...
Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought
Credit: Charles El Mir/Johns Hopkins University A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could ...
