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UrduNASA 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.
Tag: NASA
UAH part of Parker Solar Probe team receiving NASA Silver Achievement Medal
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.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Moon Rock, Soil Sample
New Brunswick, N.J. (Nov. 11, 2019) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick scholar Juliane Gross is available to discuss the untouched lunar rock and soil sample collected during the Apollo 17 mission and opened last week in Houston. Gross was one of three…
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: October 2019
On a mission to Mars
Geologist Kathy Benison has been selected for NASA’s Mars 2020 team.
Studying Ice to Understand Astrophysical Bodies
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.
Houston Methodist researchers test-drive Lamborghini’s carbon fiber materials in space
Houston Methodist researchers are studying Italian sports car maker Automobili Lamborghini’s carbon fiber materials in space.
Olin College Professor Awarded NASA Grant
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.
Hubble Observes First Confirmed Interstellar Comet
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.
Are We Alone in the Universe? Rutgers Professor Explores Possibility of Life on Mars and Beyond
People have spent centuries wondering whether life exists beyond Earth, but only recently have scientists developed the tools to find out.
Global Temperature Report: September 2019
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Flame Experiments on International Space Station
New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 19, 2019) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Engineering Professor Stephen D. Tse can comment on flame experiments this month on the International Space Station. The NASA project on symmetrical flames, called s-Flame, is aimed at studying combustion,…
Using virtual assistants to tackle emergencies in space
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University is studying the use of virtual assistants to provide support during emergencies in space.
Notre Dame expert Clive Neal available to discuss returning to the moon
Clive Neal, professor of civil and environmental engineering at earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame, is an expert in the petrology, geochemistry, and geology of the moon, and Emeritus Chair of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG). Neal…
Hubble’s New Portrait of Jupiter
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: July 2019
Keeping Earth safe from impact: Astronomer worked with international team to conduct global planetary defense exercise
Scientists have discovered nearly all “extinction-scale” near-Earth objects, or NEOs (asteroids larger than one kilometer in diameter) and determined they pose no risk of impact in the near future. But there are still thousands of smaller NEOs that pose a…
Boise State Scientists Develop New Method to Extract Cyanide from Meteorites
Meteorites long have been mysterious and awe inspiring for human beings, but research conducted at Boise State University illustrates a new source of fascination: researchers have discovered organometallic compounds containing both cyanide and carbon monoxide in select rocks from outer…