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NASA Delayed the Launch of Five Rockets to Test Winds in the Upper Atmosphere

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NASA Delayed the Launch of Five Rockets to Test Winds in the Upper Atmosphere
 
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Yesterday I mentioned that NASA was set to launch five rockets over 5 minute period to help learn what makes the wins at high altitudes so fast. NASA postponed the launch was supposed to take place...

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HOUSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy will speak live from the International Space Station with students at Talbot Innovation Middle School in Fall River, Mass., at 10:05 a.m. ED ...
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3D-printable food? NASA wants a taste

Source: Ars Technica

Printing chocolate onto crackers. Not much, but it's a start. NASA has bestowed a $125,000 grant upon a research corporation to pursue the development of 3D-printable food, according to a report from Quartz. A ...
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NASA examines the beginnings of the Universe

Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment ( ...
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NASA rover Curiosity drills into second Martian rock; prepares to study it in detail

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May 19, 2013: NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilled into this rock target, "Cumberland," during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars and collected a powdered sample of material from the ...
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NASA, Google to explore quantum computing in AI project

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It seems as though quantum computers have gone from the theoretical pages of some scientist's log book to being practically everywhere in a very short time. They’re not mainstream yet, or anywhere close, but increasingly they are fi ...
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Boston Micromachines Awarded Grant From NASA for Exoplanet Imaging Technology Development

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CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products and adaptive optics systems, announced today that it has been awarded a contract for o ...
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NASA Grant To Fund 3D-Printed Pizza

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What kind of food would result from 3D-printing? In this case, pizza. In the next two or so weeks, Contractor will start working on the creation of a 3D-printer that creates a pizza, the reason being the layer-by-layer n ...
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NASA's Next 3D Printing Frontier Is... Pizza?

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Forget guns, here’s a 3D printing development that can’t be overhyped and pretty much anyone with the munchies can get behind. NASA’s sinking a chunk of change into 3D printing food—starting with the humble pizza—in a new p ...
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NASA Paying for 3D-Printed Pizza Research

Source: Softpedia

One would think that food would remain the one thing beyond the capabilities of 3D printing, since it screams too much synthetic nourishment, but certain people high up beg to differ. And by certain people high up, we mean NASA. That's right, NASA wan ...
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NASA-built nanosatellite launch adapter system ready for flight

Source: PhysOrg.com

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NASA Delayed the Launch of Five Rockets to Test Winds in the Upper Atmosphere

Yesterday I mentioned that NASA was set to launch five rockets over 5 minute period to help learn what makes the wins at high altitudes so fast. NASA postponed the launch was supposed to take place at a coastal launching site in Virginia early Thursday morning.

NASA says the launch will happen no sooner than Friday night. Sky watchers will have something to look forward to for the weekend if the launch takes place. NASA says the delay was due to an issue with the payload, which was a chemical marker in this case.

 

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