Satellites
From Space to the Olympics
[/caption] Space and the Olympics might not be synonymous in most people's minds -- although this image of the Opening…
Nano-materials Could Protect Spacecraft and Satellites From Debris
Space junk in Earth orbit is becoming a big problem (here's an previous UT article that illustrates the problem.) If…
Wind Power From the Ocean (With Help from Space)
I drive regularly through Iowa and southern Minnesota in the US, and over the past few years wind farms have…
The Yin and Yang of the NeXT Spacecraft
Hard and soft. Dark and bright. High and low. Wide and thin. JAXA and NASA. And that's just one spacecraft.…
STEREO Maps Far Reaches of Solar System
NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft have been studying the sun since their launch in 2006. But the mission made a surprising…
Canada to build World’s First Asteroid-hunting Satellite
Just yesterday (June 30th) was the 100-year anniversary of the Tunguska event, when a small piece of ice or rock…
Solar Sail To Launch This Summer
NASA’s Marshall and Ames Research Centers will team up with the commercial space company SpaceX to launch and deploy a…
Photographer Images Satellites That Do Not Exist
Trevor Paglen is an astrophotographer with a difference... he takes photos of satellites that are not there. Officially "not there",…
New Satellite Will Monitor Rising Oceans
A Delta 2 rocket blasted off early this morning at 3:46 a.m. EDT bringing the Ocean Surface Topography Mission-Jason 2…
Possible Solution to Solar Flare Damage to Satellites
When a solar flare blasts energetic particles and magnetic flux at Earth, our satellites are on the front line. As…