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Bacteria Found Living on International Space Station: U.S. Space Agency Study

Dec 29, 2015

Opportunistic bacterial pathogens, including those linked to inflammations or skin irritations, have been found living on the International Space Station, according to a study conducted by the U.S. space agency NASA. "Where there are ...

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Advanced Vacuum Apex SLR System Expanding Device Processing at NASA's JPL

Dec 3, 2015

Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that a new Apex SLR ICP (inductively coupled plasma) etch system from its Advanced Vacuum division in Lomma, Sweden (which supplies vacuum solutions including ...

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Scientists Using The Herschel Space Observatory Have Made The First Definitive Detection

Jan 22, 2014

Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor are thought to shoot up periodically from Ceres ...

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Asteroid Mining Firms Have Begun Launching a Counterattack on The Academic Findings

Jan 16, 2014

Asteroid mining's prospects as a trillion-dollar industry could be mildly tarnished by a new Harvard study that found few space rocks near Earth worth mining. But asteroid mining firms have already begun launching a counterattack on the ...

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Mars Rover and Its Recent Tracks From Driving in Gale Crater Appear in an Image

Jan 10, 2014

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and its recent tracks from driving in Gale Crater appear in an image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Dec. 11, 2013. Excerpts from ...

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Two New Views From NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

Jan 10, 2014

Two new views from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, showcase the telescope's talent for spying objects near and far. One image shows the energized remains of a dead star, a structure nicknamed the "Hand of God" after ...

Tags: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, dead star, Hand of God

Several Sources Confirm That The First Discovered Asteroid in 2014

Jan 7, 2014

Figure 1 - This animated GIF shows Asteroid 2014 AA, discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Jan. 1, 2014, as it moved across the sky. Credit: CSS/LPL/UA Several sources confirm that the first discovered asteroid in 2014, ...

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NASA's JPL Laboratory and NOAA Are Working Together

Jan 7, 2014

Teams of researchers with the Scripps Institute, NASA's JPL laboratory and NOAA are working together, representatives from each have reported at this year's meeting of the Geophysical Union, to upgrade monitoring stations in parts of ...

Tags: Scripps Institute, JPL laboratory, NOAA, monitoring stations

NASA Engineers Like Kinect 2 as They Continue to Work on Spacer Robots

Jan 2, 2014

NASA engineers like what they see in Microsoft Kinect 2 as they continue to work on space robots. A NASA video released earlier this month shows how it is leveraging a combination of Kinect 2 along with Oculus Rift, the virtual reality ...

Tags: Kinect 2, space robots, NASA, Oculus Rift, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

We Went Into DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials with What Were Realistic Expectations

Dec 23, 2013

We went into the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials with what we thought were realistic expectations. And generally, we had the right idea: the robots are very slow, very deliberate, and not always successful. But overall, we've been surprised ...

Tags: Robotics, Electrical, Electronics

Statoil & NASA Team to Explore How Technologies & Knowledge Can Be Relevant to Each Other

Nov 28, 2013

Statoil and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) have formed a partnership to explore how technologies and knowledge from the space and oil and gas industries can be relevant to one another. Statoil and NASA have ...

Tags: Statoil, NASA, finalise, research, agreement

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Made Its Third Short Trip This Week as Part of a Long Trek

Jul 16, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity made its third short trip this week as part of a long trek that could take as much as a year. Curiosity, an SUV-sized rover carrying 10 scientific instruments, drove 135 feet on Tuesday. The first two drives ...

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ATA Engineering Has Recently Been Named The Winner of The 2012 George M. Low Award

Jul 8, 2013

ATA Engineering has recently been named the winner of the 2012 George M. Low award, NASA's premier quality and performance award recognizing contractors that share the space agency's commitment to technical and managerial excellence. As ...

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TriQuint Semiconductor Reflected on Its Role in Helping Land NASA's Curiosity

Jul 3, 2013

RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA reflected on its role in helping land NASA's Curiosity rover safely on Mars as program managers say the mission is reaching a key ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics

Augmented Reality and 3D Printing Are The Hottest Emerging Technologies to Watch

Mar 7, 2013

Augmented reality and 3D printing are the hottest emerging technologies to watch, according to Tom Soderstrom, chief technology officer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The impact of both technologies is already being felt with some ...

Tags: 3D Printing, Packaging, Printing, Computer

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