Electronic Nose to Return from Space Station (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 11, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.

Astronauts board space shuttle for evening launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- After enduring a month's delay, seven astronauts boarded space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday for an early evening flight to the international space station.

NRL Sensor Observes First Light

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division, launched October 18, 2009 on the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite ...

Imagine Peace Tower lights in Second Life

Technology / Internet

Oct 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Just hours after Friday's annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, a virtual version of the tribute to late Beatle John Lennon opened in online world Second Life.

Putting Plankton in Perspective, from Sea to Sky (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- From the time he was 21 and working toward his Ph.D., Mike Behrenfeld has been observing phytoplankton -- floating ocean plants that have a global impact. Observing these tiny plants under ...

Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.

The unicycling clown phenomenon: Talking, walking and driving with cell phone users

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of "inattentional blindness" to the test: the unicycling ...

Astronauts pack Buzz Lightyear for ride home

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 07, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle and station packed up Buzz Lightyear on Monday for the ride home from "infinity and beyond."

NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science ...

MESSENGER Spacecraft Flies by Mercury

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 30, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.

Scientist creates formula for perfect parking

Other Sciences / Mathematics

Dec 11, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (10) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget roasting a textbook turkey or perfect present-wrapping this month. The real test of Britons’ mettle will come as we try to park in tight spots on busy roads, with 35 million of us heading ...

Space shuttle launch called off, NASA to try again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- NASA will try again to launch the shuttle Discovery to the international space station on Wednesday after having to call it off early Tuesday because of thunderstorms.

Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

Rockets vie in simulated lunar landing contest

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 1

(AP) -- A privately built rocket vying for NASA prize money lifted off in the Mojave Desert and flew half of a simulated lunar lander mission Wednesday before an engine problem forced its developers to call ...

Scientists explain mystery of observed turbulent density fluctuations in interplanetary space

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a three-dimensional simulation model to understand behavior of interplanetary charged particles in space.