News tagged with space observatory
NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky (w/ Video)
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. NASA's newest spacecraft is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, Nov. ...
Keeping a 'trained eye' on the James Webb Space Telescope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2009 |
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NASA and Northrop Grumman are keeping a "trained eye" on the James Webb Space Telescope, by training their engineers on how to handle and assemble the telescope's Optical Telescope Element (OTE), also known ...
Herschel Opens Its Infrared Eyes
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Herschel Space Observatory has snapped its first picture since blasting into space on May 14, 2009. The mission, led by the European Space Agency with important participation from NASA, ...
Supercooled and supersized technologies aboard Herschel and Planck
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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Away from sunlight it can get very cold in space, but not cold enough for the Herschel and Planck missions, which ESA and European industry have equipped with state-of-the-art refrigeration systems to make ...
Michigan Astronomer to Search in Space for Precursors of Life
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Many of the organic molecules that make up life on Earth have also been found in space. A University of Michigan astronomer will use the Herschel Space Observatory to study these chemical compounds in new ...
Herschel satellite weighed and fuelled
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About two weeks ago, Herschel was weighed to record its dry mass before the satellite was fuelled with 256 kg of liquid hydrazine. After switching it on to confirm normal function, engineers ...
