All posts tagged "NASA"

ISS Astronauts Capture Unique Fluid Behavior In 4K Resolution

Remember back in the days when we switched our TV’s from VHF to UHF? The UHF channels always seemed to be just...

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NASA Windbots To Explore Gaseous Planets, R&D Underway

NASA wants to explore Jupiter and other gaseous planets with a new robot, NASA Windbots, that will fly in the atmosphere, fueled...

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Watch NASA Live Stream As New Horizons Reaches Pluto Tomorrow Morning

On January 19th, 2006, approximately 9 years, 5 months, and 24 days ago, a little spacecraft called New Horizons launched off of...

A New Image of Pluto Surfaces From New Horizons

Yesterday a new image of Pluto arrived from the New Horizons space probe, which shows a picture of what looks to be a...

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SpaceX ISS Resupply Mission Begins With Explosion

If you read Techaeris frequently, you may remember a story we published a few days ago about Microsoft sending HoloLens to the...

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NASA Sending Astronauts To The Bottom Of The Atlantic

In less than a month, NASA will be sending an international team of astronauts and scientists to the bottom of the Atlantic...

NASA Is Sending Microsoft’s HoloLens To Space

Microsoft’s HoloLens is so futuristic that its implications haven’t quite sunk in for the majority of us. NASA, however, is eager to...

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NASA Signs Mission Contract With Boeing

Space travel and exploration has gained a lot of traction in the past few years after what looked like a somewhat daunting...

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NASA Exploring Algae For Oxygen Supply On Mars

The mankind-on-Mars conversation has been going on for some time, but only recently has it begun to be scientifically feasible. Technological accelerations are...

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NASA’s Greased Lightning 10 Engine VTOL Electric Plane Completes Test Flight

Forget about quadcopters, NASA has just one-upped the fledgling drone enthusiast community big time. NASA’s Greased Lightning is a ten engine electric...

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NASA’s Electromagnetic Drive Shouldn’t Work, Works Anyway

Scientists have had a pretty good handle on the laws of physics for quite some time. Bodies in motion and whatnot have been...

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SpaceX Launching ISS Supply Run, Booster Landing Attempt Today

Weather permitting, SpaceX will send just over two tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) this afternoon. The launch will...

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NASA Is Developing A Mars Drone

If there are two things that are all the rage right now, it’s Mars and drones. Okay, maybe not all the rage,...

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International Space Station News: Year-Long Stays And Visiting Singers

The International Space Station (ISS) is a bastion for scientific discovery. Astronauts aboard the ISS generally perform upwards of 200 experiments in...

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Hubble Wows With New Image Of Galaxy IC 335

I’m a sucker for space science and physics, although I’m not terribly good at either one which is probably why I write...

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NASA Is “All About That Space” in Parody Video

Looks like the Pathways Interns at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre might have too much time on their hands. They’ve taken Meghan Trainor’s popular...

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NASA’s New Horizons Probe Wakes Up, Eyes Pluto

It’s been a big week in space, that’s for sure! We saw the first test launch of the Orion spacecraft last Friday,...

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NASA Orion Test Launch Successful – Mars, Here We Come!

After being delayed yesterday due to a faulty valve, NASA’s Orion test launch went off without a hitch this morning. The Orion...

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NASA Aims Higher – Manned Mars Mission Announced

I think it’s safe to assume that at one point or another we’ve all looked up to the sky and dreamt of what’s...

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NASA Wants To Send Your Name On A Journey To Mars

Have you always wanted to make your mark on another planet but don’t feel that you could complete the grueling physical tests...

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NASA Picks Boeing and SpaceX To Transport Astronauts To ISS

NASA announced earlier today that they have picked two American companies to transport U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station. Boeing and...

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Today’s the 45th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Landing

It was 45 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, that man first landed on the Moon. Launched on June 16 from...

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