NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
26 Jan 2015, 20:15 UTC
A low-pressure area is expected to become a strong nor'easter that will bring blizzard conditions to the northeastern U.S.
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26 Jan 2015, 20:15 UTC
A low-pressure area is expected to become a strong nor'easter that will bring blizzard conditions to the northeastern U.S.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
26 Jan 2015, 17:33 UTC
Many satellites that monitor the Earth orbit relatively close to the planet, while some satellites that monitor the sun orbit our star. DSCOVR will keep an eye on both, with a focus on the sun, and to cover both it will have an unusual orbit in a place called L1.
NOAA's DSCOVR Going to a "Far Out" Orbit
26 Jan 2015, 17:33 UTC
Many satellites that monitor the Earth orbit relatively close to the planet, while some satellites that monitor the sun orbit our star. DSCOVR will keep an eye on both, with a focus on the sun, and to cover both it will have an unusual orbit in a place called L1.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
26 Jan 2015, 16:17 UTC
NASA scientist Matt McGill and his team have been named the 2014 "IRAD Innovators of the Year."
NASA Goddard Announces Innovators of the Year
26 Jan 2015, 16:17 UTC
NASA scientist Matt McGill and his team have been named the 2014 "IRAD Innovators of the Year."
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
26 Jan 2015, 16:15 UTC
Four of the five NASA suborbital sounding rockets carrying university-developed experiments successfully launched on Jan. 26, 2015, from Alaska.
M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska
26 Jan 2015, 16:15 UTC
Four of the five NASA suborbital sounding rockets carrying university-developed experiments successfully launched on Jan. 26, 2015, from Alaska.
ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
26 Jan 2015, 13:41 UTC
The first launch of 2015 for Vega, and first 'mission' after the Ministerial meeting in December last year confirmed its central role in the ESA strategies. On February 11 the nimble European carrier - made in Italy - will depart from the ESA spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana carrying an eagerly awaited payload: IXV, the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle. "This is an historic mission, both for Italy as well as for ESA," said the ASI President Roberto Battiston. "For the first time - he adds - a European aircraft will enter Earth's atmosphere: a first step towards the development of future shuttles for suborbital and orbital flight, which sees Italy in first place in Europe thanks to the contributions of the research system (CIRA in Capua) and the national industry (TAS-I in Turin)". IXV is an experimental spacecraft - the size of a car and weighing about 2 tons - able to perform a controlled atmospheric re-entry from a low earth orbit with an unconventional "lifting-body" form: an ESA project in which Italy, through the Italian Space Agency, participates as a main contributor. The last tests on the vehicle were carried out at the plant of Thales Alenia Space in ...
Vega ready for the launch of IXV
26 Jan 2015, 13:41 UTC
The first launch of 2015 for Vega, and first 'mission' after the Ministerial meeting in December last year confirmed its central role in the ESA strategies. On February 11 the nimble European carrier - made in Italy - will depart from the ESA spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana carrying an eagerly awaited payload: IXV, the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle. "This is an historic mission, both for Italy as well as for ESA," said the ASI President Roberto Battiston. "For the first time - he adds - a European aircraft will enter Earth's atmosphere: a first step towards the development of future shuttles for suborbital and orbital flight, which sees Italy in first place in Europe thanks to the contributions of the research system (CIRA in Capua) and the national industry (TAS-I in Turin)". IXV is an experimental spacecraft - the size of a car and weighing about 2 tons - able to perform a controlled atmospheric re-entry from a low earth orbit with an unconventional "lifting-body" form: an ESA project in which Italy, through the Italian Space Agency, participates as a main contributor. The last tests on the vehicle were carried out at the plant of Thales Alenia Space in ...
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It wasn't the first ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA's Langley Research Center, nor is it likely to be the last. But it may very well be the only ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA Langley where the piece of technology on display — a robotic arm named ISAAC — cut its own ribbon. Agency, state and local officials gathered at NASA Langley Jan. 26 to see ISAAC do just that, and to celebrate the official debut of what Hampton, Virginia, Mayor George Wallace called "truly an impressive machine." Researchers at NASA Langley will use ISAAC, which stands for Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites, to develop lighter, stronger composite structures and materials for aerospace vehicles. As NASA Langley Center Director Steve Jurczyk opened the ceremony, a loud hissing noise issued from ISAAC. Jurczyk glanced over his shoulder. "If it comes after me, give me a heads up," he joked.Jurczyk was all business, though, in describing the capabilities ISAAC brings to the center and the agency."ISAAC will really make a difference in our ability to more efficiently and effectively manufacture subsystems and components using composite materials for use in aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles and many other systems," he said. "So we're going ...
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26 Jan 2015, 22:17 UTC
It wasn't the first ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA's Langley Research Center, nor is it likely to be the last. But it may very well be the only ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA Langley where the piece of technology on display — a robotic arm named ISAAC — cut its own ribbon. Agency, state and local officials gathered at NASA Langley Jan. 26 to see ISAAC do just that, and to celebrate the official debut of what Hampton, Virginia, Mayor George Wallace called "truly an impressive machine." Researchers at NASA Langley will use ISAAC, which stands for Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites, to develop lighter, stronger composite structures and materials for aerospace vehicles. As NASA Langley Center Director Steve Jurczyk opened the ceremony, a loud hissing noise issued from ISAAC. Jurczyk glanced over his shoulder. "If it comes after me, give me a heads up," he joked.Jurczyk was all business, though, in describing the capabilities ISAAC brings to the center and the agency."ISAAC will really make a difference in our ability to more efficiently and effectively manufacture subsystems and components using composite materials for use in aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles and many other systems," he said. "So we're going ...
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