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Solar Shield Experiment Aims to Keep the Power On
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 01, 2008 |
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When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing through the outlets ...
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Sun Often 'Tears Out A Wall' In Earth's Solar Storm Shield
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by ...
Keeping cool using the summer heat
Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While most Australians are taking care to shield themselves from the harsh summer heat, scientists from the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship are working on ways to harness the sun’s warmth ...
Discovery Crew Completes Heat Shield Inspection
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2007 |
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The STS-120 crew members completed the day's scheduled inspections of Space Shuttle Discovery’s heat shield before noon EDT. They used Discovery’s robotic arm and an attached boom extension to check the spacecraft’s ...
Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering
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Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission show that the Sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings have become available. This current state of ...
NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 02, 2008 |
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ...
Mercury's magnetosphere fends off the solar wind
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2008 |
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The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to data gathered in part by a University of Michigan instrument onboard ...
NASA Selects Material for Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for ...
NASA Plans to Visit the Sun
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Jun 10, 2008 |
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For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. "We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time," says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta ...
NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2008 |
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The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from ...
New spaceship force field makes Mars trip possible
Nov 04, 2008 |
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According to the international space agencies, "Space Weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space.
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