NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center engineers are working on an increasingly complex aircraft called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D. The aircraft features a new method for determining the shape of the wing with a twist that could lead to an 11-percent reduction in fuel consumption. To source
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Mars' Next Rover Remote Controlled From 620 Miles Away | Time-Lapse Video
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2018 rover was tested in the Netherlands on Oct. 28th and 29th, 2015. The rover was commanded to roll off its mock-up landing platform by mission controllers located at their command center hundreds of miles away. Credit: ESA To source
Subscale Glider Makes First Flight
The first flight of the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D No. 3, completed a set of flight tests on Oct. 28. To source
Expert Voices – Don Lincoln
Don Lincoln, senior scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, conducts his research using the Compact Muon Solenoid detector located at the Large Hadron Collider. His scientific interest is broad, spanning such questions as the nature of dark matter, understanding why we see no antimatter […]
Setting Up the Sci-Art Cafe Time Lapse Video
How Mars Has Fooled Past Astronomers | Video Where is ET?: SETI vs. the Fermi Paradox Black Holes: Warping Time & Space | Video Arsenic Eating Bacteria Hint at Alien Life How the Sun Will Die: And What Happens to Earth The Serious Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe Of Blazars and Black Holes […]
Aha Moment! Art & Science Converge to Inspire Creative Solutions
NEW YORK — In our first public event, Space.com featured the art of mathematician and cosmologist Ed Belbruno in a gallery showing at New York’s Café Minerva — and, next door, hosted a panel discussion probing science, art and the origin of inspiration with a problem-solving artist, an artistic scientist and Belbruno himself, who mingles […]
Intense Antares Rocket Explosion Shown in Newly Released NASA Photos
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A is seen on Oct. 28, 2014 after Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket, with the robotic Cygnus spacecraft onboard, suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A series of newly released photos shows last year’s explosion of a private cargo-carrying rocket in dramatic […]
Shining a light on the aurora of Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has shed new light on the Red Planet’s rare ultraviolet aurora by combining for the first time remote observations with in situ measurements of electrons hitting the atmosphere. To source
Ancient Cosmic Crashes May Have Altered Earth's Composition
Artist’s illustration showing a collision of a rocky body with the early Earth, causing pulverization of terrestrial crust.Credit: © Asmaa Boujibar Mysteriously, Earth’s chemical composition is drastically different from that of the rocks that most likely helped to form the planet. Now, scientists think they may have an answer to this long-standing puzzle: The constant […]
'The Expanse': An Epic Sci-Fi Glimpse Into Our Future
A promotional image shows a scene from “The Expanse” TV show.Credit: Syfy Channel As I get older, I’m getting increasingly cynical about the quality of science fiction shows and movies. Sure, there’s always the various “Star Trek ” series’ that keep me entertained and the occasional movie gem like “The Martian ,” but there are few […]
Rover on a roll
Technology image of the week: Remotely-operated testing of a rover’s arrival on Mars – including video highlights To source
Europe comes together for space weather
Working with scientists in 14 countries across Europe, ESA is developing a warning network that will help protect us from the effects of our Sun’s activity. To source
[Satellites and Spacecraft] Support messages welcomed for AKATSUKI’s second bid to be injected into Venus' orbit on December 7
Support messages welcomed for AKATSUKI’s second bid to be injected into Venus’ orbit on December 7 The Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” will be maneuvered again for the second time to try to be injected into the Venus orbit on December 7, 2015. The orbit of the AKATSUKI has been controlled in preparation for meeting Venus […]