Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping - NASA

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less.

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope - NASA

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope - NASA

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of

OSAM-1 Partnership Opportunity

NASA is exploring potential partnerships for alternate use cases for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) flight hardware, test

DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an interagency agreement to collaborate on a satellite servicing demonstration in

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supported

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supported

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supported

Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners - NASA Science

As radioisotopes power the Perseverance rover to explore Mars, perseverance “powered” three winners to write essays each year till they achieved their mission goal of winning NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge.

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NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration - NASA

In a dim, barren landscape like the surface of the Moon, it can be easy to get lost. With few discernable landmarks to navigate with the naked eye, astronauts

NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis - NASA

When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short

NASA Ames to Host Supercomputing Resources for UC Berkeley Researchers - NASA

Under a new agreement, NASA will host supercomputing resources for the University of California, Berkeley, at the agency’s Ames Research Center in

NASA Releases First Integrated Ranking of Civil Space Challenges - NASA

For Good Reason, Apache Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Feather Logo

https://fossforce.com/2024/07/apache-foundation-says-goodbye-to-iconic-feather-logo/ [Christine Hall at FOSS Force] "The Apache Software Foundation is making changes in an attempt to right a wrong it unintentionally created when it adopted

Books by Tesla, Nikola (sorted by popularity)

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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks

The use of the floppy disk, which was still used in some government agencies in Japan, has now been scrapped.

Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision - NASA

Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027,

Augmented Reality Speeds Spacecraft Construction at NASA Goddard - NASA

Technicians armed with advanced measuring equipment, augmented reality headsets, and QR codes virtually checked the fit of some Roman Space Telescope

NASA Selects Technology Transfer Services Contractor - NASA

NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to

NASA’s Compact Infrared Cameras Enable New Science - NASA

A new, higher-resolution infrared camera outfitted with a variety of lightweight filters could probe sunlight reflected off Earth’s upper atmosphere and

NASA’s Compact Infrared Cameras Enable New Science - NASA

A new, higher-resolution infrared camera outfitted with a variety of lightweight filters could probe sunlight reflected off Earth’s upper atmosphere and

NASA “Wildfire Digital Twin” Pioneers New AI Models and Streaming Data Techniques for Forecasting Fire and Smoke - NASA Science

NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely.

Big Science Drives Wallops’ Upgrades for NASA Suborbital Missions - NASA

Large amounts of data collected by today’s sensitive science instruments present a data-handling challenge to small rocket and balloon suborbital mission computing and avionics systems.

NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space - NASA

It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in

‘Vast and Rich:’ Studying the Ocean With NASA Computer Simulations - NASA

“Every time I help with visualizing simulation data, I learn about an entirely new area of ocean or climate research, and I’m reminded of how vast and rich

Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash

As one recent Tesla Cybertruck owner found out, even a car wash was able to defeat the 6,600-pound pickup.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test - NASA

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show

NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing - NASA

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III

NASA’s SERT II: 'A Genuine Space Success Story’

The SERT II mission was the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space and was handled entirely by NASA’s Lewis Research Center (today, NASA Glenn).

NASA’s SERT II: 'A Genuine Space Success Story’

The SERT II mission was the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space and was handled entirely by NASA’s Lewis Research Center (today, NASA Glenn).

NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge - NASA

NASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment - NASA

NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar

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NASA, Industry Improve Lidars for Exploration, Science - NASA

NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called lidar, the instruments could