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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Laura Villafane University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rocket engine exhaust during lunar landings can blow away a large amount of lunar regolith causing damage to nearby hardware and the landing spacecraft itself. The complex physics governing this behavior is not well understood making it hard to predict and mitigate itsContinue reading “Integrating Data-Driven and Physics-Based Models for Plume-Surface Interaction Predictions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Karl Berggren Massachusetts Institute of Technology Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are a promising new ultra-sensitive and low-noise detectors for applications ranging from deep-space exploration to ultrafast space-based optical quantum communication networks. Their susceptibility to damage from the high-radiation environments found in space is not yet understood. Professor Berggren andContinue reading “Radiation hardness study of superconducting detectors and electronics”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Patrick Shamberger Texas A&M University Elastocaloric materials heat up or cool down when stress is applied to them or removed. The objective of this grant is to develop improved elastocaloric effect materials that are capable of performing more cooling work per cycle, more efficiently converting mechanical work to cooling workContinue reading “Advancing Elastocaloric Refrigeration through Co-design of Materials and Systems”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:39 a.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 5, for the launch of its 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CRS-21 will deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment forContinue reading “Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is celebrating National Mentoring Month by recognizing the importance of mentors to students and young professionals whose careers are beginning to take off. Mentors help their mentees gain real-world experiences, make valuable connections, and find the types of roles best suited to their strengths and skills. To learn moreContinue reading “Advice from NASA Mentors to Students Starting Their Careers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is working with private industry partners and small businesses under Artemis to produce scalable, affordable, and advanced laser communications systems that could enable greater exploration and discovery beyond Earth for the benefit of all. Laser, or optical, communications provide missions with increased data rates – meaning that missions usingContinue reading “NASA Funds Laser Communications Tech with Small Business”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To replace the cargo and crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station following the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the United States developed a novel approach to procure those services from American commercial entities. On Jan. 9, 2014, Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of two companiesContinue reading “10 Years Ago: The First Operational Cygnus Cargo Mission to the Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded a task order modification to the Aerospace Testing and Facilities Operations and Maintenance (ATOM-5) contract to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, with an upgrade to the center’s Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel main drive speed controlContinue reading “NASA Ames Awards Task Order Modification for Wind Tunnel Upgrades “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare event in an oddball place. It’s called a fast radio burst (FRB), a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Hundreds of FRBs have been detected over the past few years.Continue reading “Hubble Finds Weird Home of Farthest Fast Radio Burst”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom. Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officiallyContinue reading “NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition”