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July 15, 2014

Marshall Propellant Tank Tech Benefits SLS Development
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2014
Take a two-liter bottle, and fill it with water. Now, turn it upside down. Did you see a lot of bubbles as the liquid drains rapidly from the top? That's because air is trying to get back in the bottle due to the low pressure created in the space above the liquid as it runs out. When it comes to liquid propellant tanks for rockets, the same scenario applies. While the engines are running, fuel drains at a rapid speed from the tanks. However, to prevent the low pressure from reducing the cont ... read more

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Fruit Flies on the ISS Fruit flies are bug eyed and spindly, they love rotten bananas, and, following orders from their pin-sized brains, they can lay hundreds of eggs every day. We have a lot in common. Genetically ... more		'Dry Ice' Cause of Gullies on Mars Seasonal carbon dioxide frost, not liquid water, is the main driver in forming gullies on Mars today, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study that relied on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orb ... more		Crew Awaits Cygnus Arrival and Progress Departure The six-member Expedition 40 crew starts off its workweek waiting for the arrival of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial craft. Cygnus, on the Orb-2 mission, launched from Virginia Sunday carrying n ... more
				Four JPL Suborbital Technology Payloads Chosen From hopping/tumbling robots to gecko-inspired adhesives, a variety of technologies have been chosen by NASA for flight on commercial reusable launch vehicles and a commercial parabolic aircraft. Th ... more		Russian Scientists Develop Liquid Test System for ISS Russian scientists have developed a system that makes possible a long-term experiment at the International Space Station (ISS) testing liquids in zero gravity in the near future, a representative of ... more

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Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars' surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liqu ... more		NASA Mars Orbiter Views Rover Crossing Into New Zone NASA Mars rover Curiosity has driven out of the ellipse, approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long (7 kilometers by 20 kilometers), that was mapped as safe terrain for its 2012 landing inside Gal ... more				Your next opponent in Angry Birds could be a robot With the help of a smart tablet and Angry Birds, children can now do something typically reserved for engineers and computer scientists: program a robot to learn new skills. The Georgia Institute of ... more
				In exactly one year, NASA's New Horizons probe will reach Pluto Exactly one year from today, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the far-away dwarf planet Pluto - the icy pseudo-planet's first manmade visitor. ... more		Orbital launches cargo ship to space station Orbital Sciences Corporation on Sunday launched its unmanned Cygnus cargo carrier on a journey to resupply the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station. ... more

Arianespace launches O3b Networks via Soyuz rocket O3b Networks' mission to bridge the digital divide marked a significant step forward with the latest Arianespace Soyuz flight that deployed its next four satellites - which will complete the basic c ... more		Annual Checkout Makes for Great Pluto Preparation You walk up to the Restaurant at the End of the Solar System, ready to try that slice of "Pluto on ice" that you heard amazing things about. The chef behind the counter asks, "So, how would you like ... more				University Students Developing Robotic Gardening Technology For more than a half-century, NASA has made the stuff of science fiction into reality. Researchers are continuing that tradition by designing robots to work in a deep-space habitat, tending gardens ... more
Sky-gazers can expect one 'Supermoon' per month for the next three months Weather permitting, watchers of the night sky will be set aglow by a Supermoon this evening. A Supermoon is the same, regular moon, only it appears up to three-times bigger than normal. ... more		Landsat Looks to the Moon Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side of the planet, Landsat 8 pivots to point at the moon. It scans the distant lunar surface m ... more		Power consumption of robot joints could be 40 percent less Robots are being increasingly used in industrial processes because of their ability to carry out repetitive tasks in a precise, reliable way. Right now, digital controllers are used to drive the mot ... more		NASA Spacecraft Observes Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars' surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liqu ... more

	Resolve Supplies Zoom Lenses for NASA Testing Resolve Optics has supplied a number of non-browning zoom lens to the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., USA. A key aim of ... more		RUAG Space wins major Ariane 5 payload fairing contract RUAG Space has won a major payload fairing contract from Arianespace. Signed in Zurich by Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Holger Wentscher, Senior Vice President RUAG Space Swi ... more

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