NASA Keeps a Close Eye on Tiny Stowaways Because when humans go to space, microorganisms go with us.
<em>Monthly</em> juin, 2017
NASA Celebrates International Asteroid Day with Special Broadcast NASA will mark the worldwide observance of International Asteroid Day at noon EDT Friday, June 30, with a special television program featuring the agency’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and other projects working to find and study near-Earth objects (NEOs). The program will air on NASA Television and
D’après Anonymous, la NASA s’apprête à dévoiler des preuves d’une vie extraterrestre Le célèbre groupe de hackers Anonymous fait les gros titres ces derniers jours, en affirmant savoir que la NASA s’apprêterait à dévoiler aux yeux du monde la preuve de l’existence d’une vie extraterrestre. Autant dire que cette déclaration ferait un gros chec. Mais
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/26/2017 Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA): On Sunday, three attempts to retract ROSA solar array were unsuccessful. Imagery showed the array was not lining up correctly (“telescoping”), preventing the locking of ROSA’s latches which is required for return in Dragon. Teams met and agreed to stand down on further retraction
As the Sun Rises, NASA’s Global Hawk is Being Prepared for Flight Hot summer days in Southern California’s Antelope Valley force many aircraft operations to start early in the morning before the sun rises. On a back ramp at Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, a NASA Global Hawk goes through testing
Ariane Next : feu vert pour la construction du moteur L’Agence spatiale européenne a européanisé le projet de moteur réutilisable et « low cost » du Cnes et d’ArianeGroup dévoilé fin 2015. Prometheus, c’est son nom, pourrait entrer en service à la fin de la prochaine décennie. Il est destiné à un futur lanceur européen
[#SPACEBOURGET17] Jean-Yves Le Gall ouvre son compte Twitter Le Président du CNES profite de l’ouverture du Salon du Bourget 2017 pour lancer officiellement son compte Twitter.
NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land a real possibility by completing the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport or QueSST aircraft design.
Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash Arp 299 is a system located about 140 million light years from Earth. It contains two galaxies that are merging, creating a partially blended mix of stars from each galaxy. New data from Chandra reveals 25 bright X-ray sources sprinkled throughout the Arp 299 concoction, that astronomers categorize them as « ultra-luminous
Saturnian Dawn NASA’s Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.