Satellite Missions/Shuttles

A young planet and a bright star offer glimpses into the past and futureCredit: Elisabeth Newton HANOVER, N.H. - July 24, 2019 - Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars…
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Since ancient times, the Red Planet has captured the imaginations of scientists, writers and the general public. In July 2020, three rovers with different chemical missions are scheduled to launch to Mars in an attempt to answer questions…
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Nutraceuticals that preserve muscle in reduced gravity will support long-term space missions Mars is about 9 months from Earth with today's tech, NASA reckons. As the new space race hurtles forward, Harvard researchers are asking: how do…
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Credit: StarHorse team. Visualisation: Arman Khalatyan Credit background image in the beginning of the video: NASA/Caltech/R. Hurt The second release of data from Gaia star-mapping satellite, published in 2018, has been…
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Red giant stars observed by Hubble Space Telescope used to make an entirely new measurement of how fast the universe is expandingCredit: Carnegie Institution for Science Pasadena, CA--A team of collaborators from Carnegie and…
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Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Freedman (University of Chicago), ESO, and the Digitized Sky Survey Astronomers have made a new measurement of how fast the universe is expanding, using an entirely different kind of star than previous…
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Micropropulsion system that provides robust, efficient option, reduces contamination risks is presented at IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science ConferenceCredit: Purdue University/Alexey Shashurin WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Finding inexpensive…
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Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Today, large-scale communication satellite constellations, also known as megaconstellations, have been more and more popular. OneWeb launched the first batch of…
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UMD physicist for Apollo experiment gets chance to send next gen version to moonCredit: Doug Currie, University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- In 1969, University of Maryland physicist Doug Currie helped design three…
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Credit: Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, S. Bianchi (Università degli Studi Roma Tre University), A. Laor (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology), and M. Chiaberge (ESA, STScI, and JHU); illustration: NASA, ESA, and A.... As if black holes…
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Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington has engineered a device capable of collecting drops of liquid as it travels through space and analyzing their content for conditions that…
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Credit: National Satellite Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration To date, 17 Chinese self-developed FengYun (FY) meteorological satellites have been launched, which are widely applied in weather analysis,…
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Credit: University of Konstanz To analyze global animal movements from space and to understand how large numbers of animals and their movements interact with ecosystems: the ICARUS antenna system on the International Space Station (ISS)…
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NASA grant to advance technology, help remove space debris from orbitCredit: Purdue University/David Spencer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-affiliated startup that is developing technology to help remove debris from Earth orbit…
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