News tagged with propulsion system
New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet. An ESA engineer working with engineers ...
Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight
Oct 13, 2009 |
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The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...
Large Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive propulsion
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive, a possible future form of spacecraft propulsion that could drive spacecraft ...
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Turns Ten
Aug 20, 2009 |
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"We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. …It is a vital power rippling exquisitely through us all the time." D.H. Lawrence*
GOCE satellite achieves drag-free perfection (w/Videos)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite completely ...
Ares I Five Segment Development Motor on the Move
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On April 16, NASA moved the first segment of the Ares I rocket's five segment development motor, or DM-1, from ATK Space System's production facility in Promontory, Utah, to the nearby test ...
Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy (w/Video)
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence. Now, fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight as ...
GOCE's 'heart' starts beating
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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GOCE's highly sensitive gradiometer instrument has been switched on and is producing data. Forming the heart of GOCE, the gradiometer is specifically designed to measure Earth's gravity field with unprecedented ...
NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
Cassini Thruster Swap Planned
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cassini spacecraft will swap to a backup set of propulsion thrusters in mid-March due to degradation in the performance of the current set of thrusters.
Baby beetles inspire researchers to build 'mini boat' powered by surface tension (Video)
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. ...
Dawn Glides Into New Year
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system today as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.
