Archive for June, 2014

NASA’s OPALS Laser Communications Experiment

NASA’s OPALS Laser Communications Experiment

Note: The OPALS experiment, which was carried to orbit in the trunk of the SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon spacecraft, is a telling example of what NASA can accomplish when it focuses on cutting edge technology development. NASA Press Release “Hello, World!” came the message from the International Space Station as NASA successfully beamed high-definition video via […]

Posted in: NASA
Hubble’s Grand, Glorious View of the Universe

Hubble’s Grand, Glorious View of the Universe

Image Credit: NASA/ESA What a big, beautiful and gloriously colorful universe. NASA News Story: Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe – among the most colorful deep space images ever captured by the 24-year-old telescope. Researchers say the image, in new study called the Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble […]

Posted in: Space Science
Planet Discovery Leaves Astronomers Baffled

Planet Discovery Leaves Astronomers Baffled

Historians may one day look back at the present age with with a sense of envy.  In much the same way we can look back at the Renaissance or exploration in the Age of Sail and wonder what it was like to live in an era when the limits of knowledge were being being tested […]

Posted in: Exo Planets
NASA Announces Completion of Phase I Commercial Crew Certification

NASA Announces Completion of Phase I Commercial Crew Certification

NASA released this statement on Friday, following SpaceX’s introduction of the Dragon V2 on Thursday evening.  The last line, “NASA intends that U.S. providers market and use their systems for other customers” is somewhat interesting. Although marketability to other customers has been an inherent part of the Commercial Crew program from the very beginning, its […]

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