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April 28, 2015

Deep Space Atomic Clock On Time For 2016 Mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2015
As the saying goes, timing is everything. More so in 21st-century space exploration where navigating spacecraft precisely to far-flung destinations - say, to Mars or even more distant Europa, a moon of Jupiter - is critical. NASA is making great strides to develop the Deep Space Atomic Clock, or DSAC for short. The clock is being readied to fly and validate a miniaturized, ultra-precise mercury-ion atomic clock that is orders of magnitude more stable than today's best navigational clocks. Slated f ... read more

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