NASA begins work to build a quieter supersonic passenger Jet
Mar 01, 2016, at 03:31 pm
California, Mar 1 (IBNS) The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom†flight demonstration aircraft.
NASA technology transfer roadshow stops in Texas
Mar 01, 2016, at 03:30 pm
California,Mar 1 (IBNS) NASA’s Technology Transfer program will host events on March 9 and 10 in the El Paso, Texas, area and Las Cruces, New Mexico, to discuss how students and entrepreneurs can capitalize on NASA’s technology research and development.
NASA tests life-detection drill in earth’s driest place
Feb 27, 2016, at 10:08 pm
California, Feb 27 (IBNS) In a harsh environment with very little water and intense ultraviolet radiation, most life in the extreme Atacama Desert in Chile exists as microbial colonies underground or inside rocks.
NASA’s IBEX Observations pin down Interstellar Magnetic Field
Feb 27, 2016, at 01:29 pm
California, Feb 27 (IBNS) Immediately after its 2008 launch, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spotted a curiosity in a thin slice of space: More particles streamed in through a long, skinny swath in the sky than anywhere else.
The Frozen Canyons of Pluto’s North Pole
Feb 26, 2016, at 03:45 pm
California, Feb 26 (IBNS): The ethereal scene captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto’s diversity of geological and compositional features—this time in an enhanced color image of the north polar area.
NASA partners on air quality study in East Asia
Feb 25, 2016, at 01:53 pm
California, Feb 25 (IBNS) NASA and the Republic of Korea are developing plans for a cooperative field study of air quality in May and June to advance the ability to monitor air pollution accurately from space.
NASA sees category 5 Southern Pacific tropical cyclone hit Fiji
Feb 23, 2016, at 02:43 pm
California, Feb 23 (IBNS) NASA satellites provided data on Tropical Cyclone Winston before and after it made an historic landfall in eastern Fiji.
SOFIA begins fourth year of observations
Feb 23, 2016, at 01:26 am
California, Feb 22 (IBNS) NASA’s “flying†telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner, began its fourth series of science flights on Feb. 3.
NASA invites public to send artwork to an Asteroid
Feb 20, 2016, at 03:37 pm
California, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.
NASA introduces new, wider set of eyes on the Universe
Feb 19, 2016, at 03:44 pm
California, Feb 19 (IBNS) After years of preparatory studies, NASA is formally starting an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe -- the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
How a NASA team turned a smartphone into a satellite business
Feb 18, 2016, at 02:53 pm
California, Feb 18 (IBNS) Satellites aren’t small or cheap. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched by NASA in 2010 weighs about 6,800 pounds and cost $850 million to build and put into orbit.
Glow from the Big Bang allows discovery of distant black hole jet
Feb 17, 2016, at 02:50 pm
California, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe. This discovery shows that black holes with powerful jets may be more common than previously thought in the first few billion years after the Big Bang.
NASA releases Mar 8 total solar eclipse visualizations
Feb 16, 2016, at 01:38 am
California, Feb 15 (JEN/IBNS) People in parts of Southeast Asia will see the sun in a new light on Mar 8, 2016 EST, (March 9 local time) during a total solar eclipse that will last over a minute in every location on its path, NASA said.
NASA, University Study shows rising seas slowed by increasing water on land
Feb 12, 2016, at 11:01 pm
California, Feb 12 (IBNS) New measurements from a NASA satellite have allowed researchers to identify and quantify, for the first time, how climate-driven increases of liquid water storage on land have affected the rate of sea level rise.
Meteorite did not kill Indian man, NASA says
Feb 10, 2016, at 08:22 pm
Washington/ New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS) American space agency NASA has refused to accept reports that an Indian driver was killed in Tamil Nadu by a meteorite.
NASA's GPM Satellite examines violent thunderstorms
Feb 06, 2016, at 09:17 pm
California, Feb 6 (IBNS) Severe weather moved through the southern U.S. on February 2 and 3, and NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellite examined the violent thunderstorms.
NASA's James Webb Space telescope primary mirror fully assembled
Feb 06, 2016, at 01:10 am
California, Feb 5 (IBNS) The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever launched.
NASA's Juno Spacecraft burns for Jupiter
Feb 04, 2016, at 09:09 pm
California, Feb 4 (IBNS) NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully executed a maneuver to adjust its flight path on Thursday.
NASA Space launch system's first flight to send small sci-tech satellites into space
Feb 03, 2016, at 03:07 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 CubeSats to test innovative ideas along with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft in 2018.
Orion crew module for Exploration Mission-1 arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Feb 02, 2016, at 09:31 pm
California, Feb 2 (IBNS) The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) arrived on Tuesday at the Shuttle Landing Facility operated by Space Florida at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA to announce science, technology missions for first flight of Space Launch System
Jan 29, 2016, at 02:41 pm
California, Jan 29 (IBNS) NASA Television will air the announcement of the selection of a fleet of small satellites to launch on the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS).
NASA radar brings a new view of World Heritage Site
Jan 28, 2016, at 02:21 pm
California, Jan 28 (IBNS) In just two 10-minute overflights, an airborne NASA synthetic aperture radar proved it could pinpoint areas of disturbance in Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site.
NASA takes part in Airborne Study of Southern Ocean
Jan 27, 2016, at 02:55 pm
California, Jan 27 (IBNS) A team of scientists has launched a series of research flights over the remote seas surrounding Antarctica in an effort to better understand how much carbon dioxide the icy waters are able to lock away.
NASA remembers its fallen heroes, 30th anniversary of Challenger accident
Jan 23, 2016, at 03:41 pm
California, Jan 23 (IBNS): NASA on Saturday said it will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Jan 28, the 30th anniversary of the Challenger accident. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.
NASA sees major winter storm headed for eastern U.S.
Jan 22, 2016, at 05:08 am
California, Jan 21 (JEN/IBNS) The low pressure area from the Eastern Pacific Ocean moved into the western U.S. and tracked across the four corners region into Texas where NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite observed the clouds associated with the storm.
Astronaut posts picture of flower grown in space
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:45 am
California, Jan 18 (IBNS) Astronaut Scott Kelly has shared picture of a flower which he has grown in space.
NASA to launch Jason-3 Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
Jan 17, 2016, at 08:12 pm
California, Jan 17 (IBNS) NASA on Sunday said the Jason-3 international oceanography satellite mission is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.
NASA awards International Space Station Cargo Transport contracts
Jan 15, 2016, at 03:26 pm
California, Jan 15 (IBNS) NASA on Friday said it has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024.
NASA research could save Commercial Airlines Billions in new era of aviation
Jan 06, 2016, at 03:30 pm
California, Jan 6 (IBNS) The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years.
NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station
Dec 19, 2015, at 09:09 pm
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) NASA on Saturday said it took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston.