Wednesday 21 August 2013

NASA spacecraft reactivated to hunt for asteroids; Probe will assist agency in search for candidates to explore

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A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being placed in hibernation will return to service for three more years starting in September, assisting the agency in its effort to identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as those suitable for asteroid exploration missions.

via Science Daily

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NASA Awards Human Health and Performance Contract to SAIC

NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight programs at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-awards-human-health-and-performance-contract-to-saic

NASA Spacecraft Reactivated to Hunt for Asteroids

A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being placed in hibernation will return to service for three more years starting in September, assisting the agency in its effort to identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as those suitable for asteroid exploration missions.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-spacecraft-reactivated-to-hunt-for-asteroids

NASA Awards Contract for Project and Engineering Support

NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Co. of Arlington, Va., to support flight and mission projects, and research and development at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-awards-contract-for-project-and-engineering-support

NASA Selects Advanced Research and Technology Contract

NASA has selected Universities Space Research Association (USRA) of Columbia, Md., to support research and technology efforts at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

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http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-selects-advanced-research-and-technology-contract-0

NASA's Fermi celebrates five years in space, enters extended mission

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During its five-year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an increasingly detailed portrait of the universe's most extraordinary phenomena, from giant black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies to thunderstorms on Earth.

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NASA Goddard plays major role in NASA lunar mission

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In partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Calif., Goddard's Wallops Flight Facility will launch the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer known as LADEE in September, a robotic mission that will study the moon's thin atmosphere and dust particles.

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Astronomers take sharpest photos ever of the night sky

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Thanks to new technology, astronomers can now view objects in the sky at unprecedented sharpness in visible light. Using a telescope mirror that vibrates a thousand times each second to counteract atmospheric flickering, the team has achieved image resolution capabilities that could see a baseball diamond on the moon.

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JPL, Masten testing new precision landing software

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A year after NASA's Mars rover Curiosity's landed on Mars, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are testing a sophisticated flight-control algorithm that could allow for even more precise, pinpoint landings of future Martian spacecraft.

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Mars rover Opportunity working at edge of 'Solander'

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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet environment.

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NASA Voyager statement about competing models to explain recent spacecraft data

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A newly published paper argues that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has already entered interstellar space. The model described in the paper is new and different from other models used so far to explain the data the spacecraft has been sending back from more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) away from our sun.

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NASA rover gets movie as a Mars moon passes another

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The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

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NASA's Juno is halfway to Jupiter

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NASA's Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC).

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Astronomers take sharpest photos ever of the night sky (Update)

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Astronomers at the University of Arizona, the Arcetri Observatory near Florence, Italy and the Carnegie Observatory have developed a new type of camera that allows scientists to take sharper images of the night sky than ever before.



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Radar images of Asteroid 2005 WK4

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A collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2005 WK4 was generated by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2013. The asteroid is between 660 and 980 feet (200 and 300 meters) in diameter; it has a rounded and slightly asymmetric shape. As it rotates, a number of features are evident that suggest the presence of some flat regions and a bulge near the equator.

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Cassini releases image of Earth waving at Saturn

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People around the world shared more than 1,400 images of themselves as part of the Wave at Saturn event organized by NASA's Cassini mission on July 19 -- the day the Cassini spacecraft turned back toward Earth to take our picture. The mission has assembled a collage from those images.

via Science Daily

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NASA's Fermi Celebrates Five Years in Space, Enters Extended Mission

During its five-year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an increasingly detailed portrait of the universe's most extraordinary phenomena, from giant black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies to thunderstorms on Earth.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasas-fermi-celebrates-five-years-in-space-enters-extended-mission

A brighter method to determine surface gravity of distant stars

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Astronomers have found a clever new way to slice and dice the flickering light from a distant star in a way that reveals the strength of gravity at its surface.



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NASA Crashes Helicopter to Study Safety

NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-crashes-helicopter-to-study-safety

Plasma-treated nano filters help purify world water supply

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Access to safe drinking water is a step closer to being a reality for those in developing countries.

via Science Daily

Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos

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Scientists have written software that could guide spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, show that the planet Nibiru doesn't exist... and prove that the Earth goes around the Sun.

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Teleportation just got easier—but not for you, unfortunately

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Thanks to two studies published in Nature last Thursday, the chance of successful teleportation has considerably increased. Which is a good thing, right?



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Unexpected Visitors Canvas Prints

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You never know who might show up when you are out for a stroll on some far away planet. The focus of attention in this picture, an alien spacecraft, is not in the field of view, it can only be seen reflected in the astronaut's visors.
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