News tagged with aeronautics
NASA's smaller programs could be at risk
The cost of NASA's two flagship programs - a new space telescope and its next rocket - is poised to devour much of the agency's shrinking budget in coming years, putting at risk everything from efforts to develop futuristic ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Monitoring ground-level ozone from space
Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion (ppb) along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 billion in lost crop production, ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Project could help colonize space
Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Oglala Lakota ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Wind-turbine placement produces tenfold power increase, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- The power output of wind farms can be increased by an order of magnitude -- at least tenfold -- simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, say researchers at the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2011 |
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US lawmakers vote to kill Hubble successor
In a fresh blow to NASA's post-shuttle aspirations, key US lawmakers voted Thursday to kill off funding for the successor to the vastly successful space-gazing Hubble telescope.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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NSF leads interagency collaboration to develop advanced robotics
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with three other federal government agencies to support the administration's National Robotics Initiative (NRI) and released a solicitation for proposals ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Outstanding math and science teachers honored by the President
On May 20th, a group of kindergarten thru sixth-grade teachers from accross the United States topped off a visit to the nation's capital by meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting honored teachers ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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NASA sting leads to woman allegedly trying to sell moon rock
A woman claiming to sell a moon rock was questioned in Lake Elsinore in Riverside County on Thursday morning as part of an undercover sting by NASA investigators aided by local police.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2011 |
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Fly the eco-friendly skies
In what could set the stage for a fundamental shift in commercial aviation, an MIT-led team has designed a green airplane that is estimated to use 70 percent less fuel than current planes while also reducing ...
May 17, 2010 |
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NASA postpones last shuttle mission to November
NASA has pushed to November the launch of one of its three remaining shuttle missions to modify an experiment module to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS).
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Study concludes aerospace industry must evolve new ways to recruit and retain future engineers
Aerospace companies must consider offering newly recruited workers flexible job assignments and a variety of projects to remain competitive with other scientific fields of employment. This was among the conclusions of the ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Has U.S. hit its final frontier in space?
Still hoping for that Jetsons future? Ruh-roh, as the Jetsons' dog, Astro, might put it.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2010 |
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First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15
Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition
The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 01, 2009 |
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New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 07, 2009 |
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