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UAH modeling the spacecraft for NASA’s nuclear thermal propulsion idea

November 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments mechanical and aerospace engineering, Modeling, NASA, nuclear thermal propulsion, Spacecraft, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

NASA has a research grant with The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to model how a spacecraft might be engineered to work with nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), en route to an eventual test flight.

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UAH part of Parker Solar Probe team receiving NASA Silver Achievement Medal

November 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments NASA, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of the entire PSP team that will receive the NASA Silver Achievement Medal on Nov. 12.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Moon Rock, Soil Sample

November 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments moon, NASA, New Jersey, NJ, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science

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Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade

November 6, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, global warming, NASA, NOAA, Satellite Data, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: October 2019

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On a mission to Mars

October 28, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Geology, mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, NASA

Geologist Kathy Benison has been selected for NASA’s Mars 2020 team.

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Studying Ice to Understand Astrophysical Bodies

October 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments ASTROPHYSICS, AVS, AVS 66th International Symposium and Exhibition, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, ice, Interstellar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Modeling, NASA, Stars

Understanding the formation and evolution of ice in astrophysical environments can provide information about the physical conditions encountered in space and the chemical similarities and differences between planetary and stellar systems. At the AVS 66th International Symposium and Exhibition, Edith Fayolle, an astrochemist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will talk about how scientists are trying to understand properties of ice on astrophysical bodies, such as its formation, composition and sublimation — the process by which ice transitions directly into gas, without being in its liquid phase in between.

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Houston Methodist researchers test-drive Lamborghini’s carbon fiber materials in space

October 24, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Nanomedicine, nanotechnolgy, NASA

Houston Methodist researchers are studying Italian sports car maker Automobili Lamborghini’s carbon fiber materials in space.

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Olin College Professor Awarded NASA Grant

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Asteroids, NASA

Assistant Professor of Computational Physics and Planetary Science Carrie Nugent has been awarded a three-year grant from NASA to detect asteroids in archival data. This work will be in collaboration with Dr. James “Gerbs” Bauer at the University of Maryland.

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Hubble Observes First Confirmed Interstellar Comet

October 16, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Solar system, Wide Field Camera 3

Hubble has taken the sharpest view to date of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov whose speed and trajectory indicate it has come from beyond our solar system. The image, taken October 12, 2019, reveals a central concentration of dust around the comet’s nucleus.