News tagged with science mission
Chilean miners' rescue capsule on show in London
The capsule used to rescue Chilean miners trapped underground for two months goes on display Saturday at the Science Museum in London -- the first time it has been seen in Europe.
Feb 10, 2012 |
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JPL radar treks to great white north to study snow
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne science laboratory, including a unique airborne radar built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., above Canadian snowstorms to ...
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Jan 18, 2012 |
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Cassini testing part of its radio system
Engineers with NASA's Cassini mission are conducting diagnostic testing on a part of the spacecraft's radio system after its signal was not detected on Earth during a tracking pass in late December. The spacecraft ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2012 |
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NASA cold weather airborne campaign to measure falling snow
Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne science laboratory above Canadian snowstorms to tackle a difficult challenge facing the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission -- measuring ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Twin Grail spacecraft reunite in lunar orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Preparing for future human exploration, RAD measures radiation on journey to Mars
The Radiation Assessment Detector, the first instrument on NASA's next rover mission to Mars to begin science operations, was powered up and began collecting data Dec. 6, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat and power ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Michigan scientists bring special expertise to new rover mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Michigan planetary scientists are vital members of the science team of the Mars Science Laboratory, which will study whether the Red Planet was ever capable of harboring ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2011 |
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'Frustration' in Europe over joint Mars probe: NASA
The United States has failed to commit to plans for an unmanned joint Mars mission with the European space agency, causing frustration abroad, top NASA officials told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2011 |
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NRL's MIGHTI selected by NASA for potential space flight
A Naval Research Laboratory instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a future science mission that has been selected by NASA for evaluation for flight.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2011 |
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ESA To Collaborate with NASA on Solar Science Mission
On October 4, 2011, the European Space Agency announced it's two next science missions, including Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft geared to study the powerful influence of the sun. Solar Orbiter will be an ESA-led ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2011 |
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'Dark energy' targeted in European space mission
So-called dark energy, believed to play a role in the accelerated expansion of the Universe, will be studied in a major science mission to be launched later this decade, the European Space Agency (ESA) said ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Dawn spacecraft begins new Vesta mapping orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has completed a gentle spiral into its new science orbit for an even closer view of the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn began sending science data on Sept. 29 from this new ...
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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From the comfort of home, Web users may have found new planets
Since the online citizen science project Planet Hunters launched last December, 40,000 web users from around the world have been helping professional astronomers analyze the light from 150,000 stars in the ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Kepler mission announces next data release to public archive
The Kepler science team announced on Aug. 12 the next release of data to the public archive. Quarter three science data collected during the months of September to December 2009 will be available for download on Sept. 23, ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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