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Space Exploration Oct 13, 2017

Space radiation won't stop NASA's human exploration

While it's true that space radiation is one of the biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars, it's also true that NASA is developing technologies and countermeasures to ensure a safe and successful journey to the red ...

Engineering Sep 25, 2017

NASA tests first 3-D printed rocket engine part made with two different alloys

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, tested NASA's first 3-D printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys through an innovative advanced manufacturing process. ...

Space Exploration Aug 31, 2017

Aerospace test at Sandia goes green with alternative to explosives

Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from stage separation during flight.

Space Exploration Aug 24, 2017

NASA technologist develops self-calibrating, hybrid space magnetometer

They've flown on high-profile interplanetary and more modest low-Earth-orbiting missions, but in all cases the ubiquitous fluxgate magnetometers that scientists use to measure the intensity of a magnetic field will degrade ...

Business Jul 28, 2017

Mainstream Model 3 holds promise—and peril—for Tesla

For Tesla, everything is riding on the Model 3.

Space Exploration Jul 13, 2017

In space, this is the age of reusability

Big plans are being made in space.

Energy & Green Tech Jul 2, 2017

Californians take a shine to solar power

Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to take the plunge last year.

Computer Sciences May 29, 2017

How Hollywood is giving its biggest stars digital facelifts

Johnny Depp is 53 years old but he doesn't look a day over 26 in the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie—at least for a few moments. There was no plastic surgeon involved, heavy makeup or archival footage used to take ...

Space Exploration Apr 27, 2017

From pedicures to the Peregrine rocket, paraffin wax proves its worth

Your candles, crayons, and pedicures have something in common with a revolutionary aerospace engineering project from NASA and Stanford University. The paraffin wax used in familiar, everyday products and pampering is also ...

Space Exploration Mar 10, 2017

High performance of single stage sounding hybrid rockets using design informatics

Single-stage sounding rockets are used to transport scientific equipment into, or just beyond, Earth's atmosphere to measure phenomena such as aurora. Recently, scientists have begun designing rockets with hybrid engines, ...

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