Chemical physicist to collaborate on NASA-funded study of Saturn’s moon Titan
Findings will contribute to NASA's mission to Titan in 2026Credit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University Scientists say Saturn's largest moon, Titan, ...
Tag: Experiments in Space
SwRI scientists expand space instrument’s capabilities
Researchers add second dating technique to prototype spaceflight instrumentCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 16, 2020 -- A new study ...
Preparing for a human mission to Mars
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 12, 2020--Future human missions to Mars depend on field research ...
Mining rocks in orbit could aid deep space exploration
Credit: Charles Cockell The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans ...
NASA deems SwRI-developed satellites healthy, extends CYGNSS mission
Hurricane wind monitoring mission will continue through 2023Credit: NASA SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 9, 2020 -- NASA has extended the ...
NPS supports FVEY efforts to streamline space technologies
Credit: Javier Chagoya/Naval Postgraduate School The creation of the U.S. Space Force has inspired a renewed interest in space systems ...
Asteroid Ryugu shaken by Hayabusa2’s impactor
The artificial impactor disturbed boulders within a 30m radius from the center of the impact crater- providing important insight into ...
FEFU scientists helped design a new type of ceramics for laser applications
Credit: FEFU press office Material scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) joined an international team of researchers to develop ...
Australian research shows NASA’s James Webb telescopes will reveal hidden galaxies
Blinding glare of quasars can be overcomeCredit: NASA Two new studies from the University of Melbourne will help the largest, ...
Two SwRI experiments fly aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket
Asteroid sampling technology, tapered liquid acquisition device tested in low gravityCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 13, 2020 -- Two ...
A new look at sunspots
Helping NASA scientists understand major flares and life around other starsCredit: NASA/SDO NASA's extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to ...
Aerodynamicists reveal link between fish scales and aircraft drag
City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team have transferred the idea of fish scales to arrays of ...
NASA’s TESS creates a cosmic vista of the northern sky
Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA) Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of ...
On the trail of causes of radiation events during space flight
Lessons from conjunction observations with ISS detectors and the Arase satelliteCredit: Ryuho Kataoka et al., 2020 Scientists have made significant ...