Interstellar ‘Tsunami Waves’ Buffet Voyager 1
Since 2012, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three ‘tsunami waves’ in interstellar space. The most recent, which reached the spacecraft earlier this year, is still…
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First Potential Interstellar Space Particles Found in Stardust Aerogel
Seven rare, microscopic interstellar dust particles that date to the beginnings of the solar system are among the samples collected by scientists who have been studying…
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NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Ready for Test Flight
NASA’s flying saucer-shaped test vehicle is ready to take to the skies from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, for its first…
Read the articleNASA Administrator Speaks About FY 2015 Budget Request
The following statement is from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, released March 4 2014, on the Obama Administration’s budget request for the 2015 fiscal year: “Today, President…
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The Three NASA Instruments Aboard Rosetta
Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit…
Read the articleRosetta Wakes From Long Sleep – Is Alive and Well
It was a fairy-tale ending to a tense chapter in the story of the Rosetta space mission this evening as ESA heard from its distant spacecraft…
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GAIA Arrives at the L2 Point
With a final, modest, thruster burn yesterday afternoon, ESA’s billion-star surveyor finalised its entry into orbit around ‘L2’, a virtual point far out in space. But…
Read the articleSpace Can Make Music … if You Know How to Listen
Scifi movies are sometimes criticized when explosions in the void make noise. As the old saying goes, “in space, no one can hear you scream.” Without…
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How NASA Deals With the Deluge of ‘Big Data’ From Space
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming…
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A Metal 3D-Printing Revolution Is Entering Space
A metal 3D-printing revolution is entering space. AMAZE is a recently announced project that aims to perfect the printing of space-quality metal components on Earth and…
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