Getting A Boost From 'Zoom Lenses' Occurring Naturally In Space
NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural "zoom lenses" found in space, they should be able to uncover galaxies that are as much as 100 times fainter than what these three great observatories typically can see.
NASA, Planetary Science Institute Reveal The Discovery
Scientists from NASA and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz., have identified what could be a supervolcano on Mars—the first discovery of its kind. The volcano in question, a vast circular basin on the face of the Red Planet, previously had been classified as an impact crater.
Left Main Gear Failure Mars Otherwise Stunning Flight
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser lifting body spacecraft conducted its maiden flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center last Saturday. However, mechanical failure during landing resulted in it flipping over on the runway. SNC’s Dream Chaser is one of three vehicles selected by NASA for their Commercial Crew Development Program. The Dream Chaser carries on a developmental history of lifting body aircraft that started in the mid 1950’s, but was abandoned during the race for the moon for the simpler space capsule and parachute combination.
NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second (Mbps). LLCD is NASA's first system for two-way communication using a laser instead of radio waves. It also has demonstrated an error-free data upload rate of 20 Mbps transmitted from the primary ground station in New Mexico to the spacecraft currently orbiting the moon.
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