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Total entries in this category: Published On: Feb 04, 2006 08:40 PM |
Sat - February 4, 200628,000 MPH Plasma TrailDon't forget to sign up for
Stardust@Home and help locate deep space particles in the Aerogel!
Posted at 08:40 PM Read More Tue - August 23, 2005Tornado Warning: On Mars!Spirit Mars rover has rolled
into position for a grand view atop Husband Hill.
Posted at 01:20 AM Read More Fri - August 19, 2005The Minority ReportThey included an inability to
prevent dangerous pieces of foam and ice from breaking off the fuel tank during
launch; an inability to fix any damage to the shuttle in orbit; and a failure to
make the shuttle less vulnerable to debris strikes by toughening the outer
skin.
Posted at 08:18 AM Read More Wed - August 3, 2005New NASA Launch VehiclesBut a year-long study initiated
prior to the change in NASA Administrators and completed this spring gave an
extensive review to both uses of a launch vehicle derived from the Space
Shuttle's Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) as well as a larger booster design using
twin SRB motors flanking a derivative of the shuttle's External Tank (ET), mated
with a large liquid upper stage.
Posted at 10:35 PM Read More Fri - July 29, 2005Wed - July 27, 2005Part II: What's wrong with the Shuttle? (mini rant & cool pics too!)Think a little further on this
one - was it so bad before, that this crap was coming off left and right and we
were missing it?
Posted at 09:49 PM Read More Tue - July 26, 2005Sun - July 17, 2005So what's wrong with the Shuttle?Four in each tank, known as
engine cutoff - ECO - sensors, are part of a backup system intended to make sure
the ship's engines don't shut down too early, resulting in an abort, or run too
long, draining the tank dry with potentially catastrophic results.
Posted at 11:31 PM Read More Wed - July 13, 2005Fri - July 8, 2005How Deep was Deep Impact?"For the first time, we can see
how material liberated from a comet's surface migrates to the upper reaches of
its atmosphere," said Prof. John Nousek, Director of Mission Operations at Penn
State.
Posted at 07:58 PM Read More Thu - July 7, 2005Shuttle Launch in 6 daysWith the Return to flight of
the Shuttle, I thought a little background on Discovery might be
interesting!
Posted at 10:07 PM Read More Tue - July 5, 2005Mon - July 4, 2005Sun - July 3, 2005Magic Comet Ride- The AutoNavigation system on
Deep Impact’s impactor spacecraft has completed its first planned maneuver
to steer the craft into the path of comet Tempel
1.
...Deep Impact’s impactor spacecraft has adjusted its flight path in the second of three planned maneuvers that place the craft on a planned collision with comet Tempel 1. ...There is going to be a MASSIVE amount of images coming out of NASA over the next number of days as they clean up the raw stuff we've all seen so far. Posted at 11:10 PM Read More Thu - May 6, 2004CSXT Civilian Space eXploration Team launch date set!!“This will be a great milestone for
civilian rocketry,” says project co-leader and avionics team manager, Eric
Knight, who has designed a state of the art avionics package that provides
real-time video and tracking information, including engine performance, speed,
and altitude.
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