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Student Cubesats: Small Payload, Big Payoff
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – Two student-designed spacecraft, each not much bigger than a childs toy block, will fly on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket between 6 and 9 am (EST), March 11, from nasas Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Known as cubesats, the spacecraft designed by Kentucky and...
State-of-the-Art Weather Satellite Sent Into Space
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – GOES-P is now on-orbit. GOES-P carries state-of-the-art instrumentation designed to detect ocean and land temperatures, monitor space weather, relay communications and provide search-and-rescue support....
McCall Mourned by Aerospace Community, Space Enthusiasts
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – Dr. Robert mccall, celebrated painter and long-time contributor to the nation’s aerospace fine arts programs, died on February 26. mccall spent much of his career documenting and artistically translating Americas space program for the public….
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Solid Rocket Motor Passes Final Firing Test
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on February 27, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – nasa’s Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. Used on the space shuttle missions, the recyclable solid rocket motor is the largest solid rocket motor ever flown, the only one rated for...
Returning Shuttle Crew Comments on Successful Mission
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – STS-130 Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts, and Mission Specialists Kay Hire, Bob Behnken, Nicholas Patrick and Steve Robinson speak to well-wishers from the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility following their return to Earth aboard space...
Endeavour Crew’s HD Highlights of Flight Day 12
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on February 20, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – Video captured in HD by space shuttle Endeavours crew as they get ready to come home to Earth….
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Room With a view
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on February 16, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – The seven-windowed cupola that will provide station residents and visitors with a panoramic view of the Earth and space is installed on the International Space Station….
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Tranquility-to-Unity Tops Flight Day 5 [HD]
Posted by iteknologi in Latest Technology on February 13, 2010 | No Comments
Latest Technology Update – High-Definition highlights include Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick performing their first spacewalk to install the Tranquility node (brought up by space shuttle Endeavour) with the International Space Station's Unity module….
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