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The Counter-Intuitive Paradox of "Obliquity"
In part 1 of INET's interview with John Kay, he talks about what we can learn about achieving our goals from the story of the roundabout journey of NASA's recent trip to Mercury
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OSIRIS-REx Tech: Mapping an Asteroid with Lasers
The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) will provide a three-dimensional map of asteroid Bennu’s shape, which will allow scientists to understand the context of the asteroid’s geography and the sample location. OLA is provided by the...
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NASA | SLIC: The Unsung Hero of Hubble SM4
The composite Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) is a new breed of equipment carrier that will allow the Space Shuttle to transport a full complement of scientific instruments and other components to Hubble. Made of carbon...
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NASA | Wall*E Learns About Proportions
Through a partnership of intergalactic proportions, NASA and Disney/PIxar have teamed up to bring Wall*E into the classroom! In this video, students learn about how to find the size of the moon using everyday objects with a little help...
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NASA | The Radiation Belt Storm Probe
The Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission (RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charge particles in these regions can be hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. Project Scientist David...
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NASA | Mapping Mars' Upper Atmosphere
High above the thin Martian skies, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is carrying out a mission: determine how Mars lost its early atmosphere, and with it, its water. While previous Mars orbiters have peered down at the planet’s surface, MAVEN is...
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OSIRIS-REx Sample Site Selection Trailer
On Sept. 8, 2016, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, OSIRIS-REx began its journey -- the most ambitious sample collection mission since the Apollo Program. Now, with just months to go before sample collection on asteroid Bennu, the team has...
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NASA | TDRS: Continuing The Fleet
NASA is preparing to launch the first in a series of three third generation advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, known as TDRS-K. This latest addition to the fleet of seven will augment a space communications network that...
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Japan launches Hayabusa 2 spacecraft to collect samples from asteroid
Hayabusa 2, a spacecraft designed to bring back samples from an asteroid to earth, was launched today from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at JAXA'S Tanegashima Space Centre. Hayabusa means "Falcon" in English, according to RT News.
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NASA | StarTrackers Light the Way
The concept of a Star Tracker can be traced back to the early sailors who used to navigate the open seas using star field patterns. Star Trackers act as the eyes of the satellite pointing it in the right direction. This is important to...
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NASA | Laser Focus
ICESat-2's instrument, ATLAS, is designed to measure heights on Earth. ATLAS has three main tasks: transmitting a pattern of six laser beams, collecting the laser photons that return to the satellite after reflecting off Earth, and...
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NASA | Five Years of Great Discoveries for NASA's IBEX
Launched on Oct. 19, 2008, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft, is unique to NASA's heliophysics fleet: it images the outer boundary of the heliosphere, a boundary at the furthest edges of the solar system, far past...
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Getting SET - The Mission to Protect Satellites from Radiation
Summer 2019, NASA's Space Environment Testbeds, or SET, will launch on its mission to study how to better protect satellites in space. SET studies the very nature of space itself -- which isn't completely empty, but brimming with...
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NASA Astronauts Read Aloud: You Are Going
With Artemis, NASA is going back to the Moon. And we want you to come along! You Are Going, illustrated by former NASA intern Shane Tolentino, shares a glimpse into future Artemis missions. Learn all about the elements that will help...
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California-based startup to hurl rockets into space with mechanical centrifuge
A U.S. aerospace company is building a huge centrifuge to launch spacecraft into orbit.
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Lunar rocks expose moisture on the moon similar to earth's
An analysis of lunar rocks brought to the earth by US astronauts shows that there are traces of water on the moon. Samples brought back from the moon back in the 1970s reveal ancient droplets of volcanic glass that contain moisture....
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How NASA's Voyager Program Got Its Start
Learn more about the Voyager space probes in this video with Dr. Michelle Thaller of NASA.
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Airbus starts building Europe’s exoplanet spacecraft
Dubbed Ariel, the spacecraft is expected to launch in 2029 on ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket.
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Asteroid smasher set to launch this month
NASA is ready to launch a spacecraft that will smash into a big asteroid to make it change its course.
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Take a Spin With NASA’s WFIRST Spacecraft
On schedule to launch in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the WFIRST spacecraft will play a...
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NASA | Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected beams of antimatter launched by thunderstorms. Acting like enormous particle accelerators, the storms can emit gamma-ray flashes, called TGFs, and high-energy electrons and positrons....
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UAE's Hope Mars Mission to launch by 2020
The Hope Mars Mission, also known as Emirates Mars Mission, will be the first mission to Mars by any Arab nation if it successfully launches in 2020.
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NASA | How does NASA launch a rocket?
NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GOES-O launch is targeted for June 26 during a launch...
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Vibration Testing of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the James Webb Space Telescope team completed the environmental portion of vibration testing on the telescope. A shaker table subjects satellites like Webb to the...